Politics is the art of determining your path by looking at the price of diesel fuel. Because the fate of political actors who deal with the seat upholstery within their party instead of talking about the common problems of the country is usually similar: Either they are suddenly exhausted one day or they return when diesel oil reaches 80 liras.
Let us remember. There were two names who once contributed to the rise of the AK Party. They parted ways with the CHP, said “we can do it” and founded a party. One of them made a name for himself with “fetö” slander and insults against the CHP. The other was so quiet that his name only appeared on the ballot. The result: 0.9 percent for one, 0.06 percent for the other. The ballot box gave the cruel grade of politics: “You failed.”
Their parties were dissolved, they resigned, their political lives were assumed to be over. Under normal circumstances, these names would either be forgotten or mentioned with sentences starting with “sir, once upon a time”.
But what did we see today? Mrs. Emine came back. The reason? “Diesel is 80 TL.”
He had to say this because he had to find a discourse that would legitimize his return to politics and at the same time try to prove that he was an opponent. So he ignored the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the unpredictability of international oil markets. Of course he knows, but he thought that a material that touches everyone's pockets like “diesel fuel” would be a more effective return ticket, but it was not.
If only he had said: “I am sorry that I left my party to divide votes, that I set out with the desire for a seat. I have returned home, let's grow the struggle together.” But no. No regret, no accounting. Only one discourse: Diesel.
At this point, let us not forget the common characteristic of Emine and İnce: They both made being against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu a political identity. Özgür Özel is trying to be against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu instead of being against Erdoğan and the AK Party. Because he is not interested in power, he is interested in protecting his position within the party. That's why he is calling back those who are against Mr. Kemal. And now you see that Özgür Özel is in a “seat protection” mode to the point of sending party members to disciplinary action for liking a tweet with Mr. Kemal's photo.
Instead of being in power and producing long-term, healthy policies, we are confronted with a political understanding that tries to survive with day-to-day actions and rhetoric in the form of “words spoken while returning to okeye worse than Ahmet Emice in the coffee house”. Coming back on the price of diesel fuel and trying to make opposition on the price of diesel fuel actually summarizes everything.
Mrs. Emine's “diesel oil” exit is an exquisite detail that shows how groundless a political comeback can be. The fact that a name that years ago split votes, forced alliances and then left the stage, comes back today saying “diesel is expensive” is proof of how shallow politics has become.
But what can he do? In a political culture that cannot focus on the common problems of the country due to internal party balances, the excuse for his return can only be as shallow as this.
Come, citizen, come. The diesel drivers of the sinking party have arrived. Instead of the common problems of the country, the diesel drivers who hang out on the edge of the carpet, on the edge of the mop...
A party that cannot touch the people and speaks with shallow rhetoric cannot come to power.
For a while, there were those who broke away from the main opposition and set out saying “we can do better”. Big claims, harsh outbursts, lots of words... But when the polls came, the picture was clear: Votes that did not even amount to 1 percent and the harshest verdict of politics - “you have no response.”
And then what happened?
Parties closed, the stage was abandoned, names were left to be forgotten.
Then...
Diesel is 80 liras.
And someone came back.
But what kind of return?
No self-criticism, no accounting, no courage to say “we were wrong”...
Just one sentence:
“Diesel is too expensive.”
The point is this:
Are these reversals for the people or to regain lost political space?
It is no coincidence that those who once based their politics solely on opposing Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu are still trying to do politics in the same narrow field. Because the issue is not to be in power; it is to grab a place within the party.
Diesel was 80 liras and Emine Hanım came.
It was just a figure of speech.
No accounting, no self-criticism.
It's just the cheapest way to say “I'm here”: Diesel.
The public situation is terrible
seat grabbing is so cozy
The rest is trivial.