To some of our dear old leftist friends,
We would like to ask a question to our old friends who accuse us of being AKP members and serving the AKP:
In the 2023 elections, how many parliamentary seats would the People's Alliance led by AKP-MHP have lost if you had not abandoned the will of the Labor and Freedom Alliance to act jointly by saying “we will enter separately”?
Or to put it another way, how many more parliamentary seats could have been won if you had kept the Labor and Freedom Alliance?
So, were you serving the AKP when you disbanded the Alliance for Labor and Freedom? Or were you from the AKP?
If such an accusation were made against you, would you not find it unfair and hurtful?
So why do you try to explain every political disagreement, every mistake or every different attitude as “serving the AKP” or “being from the AKP”?
Wouldn't it be fairer to stick the needle in yourself and the stick in others?
Just as we cannot call you a “traitor” or an “AKP supporter” based on this concrete example, we should not label everyone with whom we have political differences.
Perhaps we should first sweep our own doorsteps and honestly face the consequences of the choices we have made in the past.
Leftism is based on morality, virtue, labor and political honesty. These values cannot be sacrificed to day-to-day calculations, organizational rivalries or narrow group interests. It is precisely the commitment to these principles that makes a leftist a leftist. Without these principles, all that remains are empty slogans and dry words.
“If you have a glass house, don't throw stones at your neighbor's window.”
And then there is this:
It is quite interesting to me that those who had a share in the disintegration of the Alliance for Labor and Freedom are now directing the harshest accusations against us, and even leading these attacks, side by side with the circles they opposed yesterday.
Metin Karatas
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