{"id":279384,"date":"2025-04-01T07:11:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T07:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=279384"},"modified":"2025-04-01T10:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T10:43:13","slug":"the-chps-prime-ministers-understanding-of-state-governance-and-the-need-for-a-change-of-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/the-chps-prime-ministers-understanding-of-state-governance-and-the-need-for-a-change-of-government\/","title":{"rendered":"CHP's Prime Ministers, Understanding of State Governance and the Need for a Change in Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Guest author Assoc. Prof. Kemal \u00c7\u0130FT\u00c7\u0130<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk founded the Republican People's Party (CHP) on September 9, 1923, as a continuation of the \u201cAnatolian and Rumelia Society for the Law of Mudafaa-i Hukuk\u201d, which organized and led the War of Independence, shortly before the new state's regime was declared a \u2019Republic\u2019 on October 29, 1923. There is no doubt that the CHP was founded with the aim of governing the Republic of Turkey in line with certain principles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed, the cadres of the CHP had lived through the period of the collapse and disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, and after the loss of an empire, they took part in the War of Independence with the will to create a new state and to deal with its internal and external problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be argued that the CHP's struggle to bring the state into existence and to solve its internal and external problems has been passed down from generation to generation and has a continuity. The issues included in the government programs of the prime ministers of the CHP show that the CHP had an understanding of state management and that this understanding was given continuity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The noteworthy points in the CHP's prime ministers and government programs are summarized as follows:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- After declaring the \u2019Republic\u201c on October 29, 1923, Atat\u00fcrk appointed the first Republican government on October 30, 1923. <\/span><b>\u0130smet \u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> established a government. \u0130smet \u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc was one of the names that continued to form governments in the following periods. In the first government program, \u0130smet \u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc stated that the Government of the Republic would act with utmost determination and fortitude, with utmost persistence and follow-up in order to ensure domestic peace and security, progress and development; that it would strive to ensure the existence and territorial integrity of the Republic of Turkey in its foreign policy; and that the Government of the Republic would do more deeds than words. In the following programs, it is observed that the following were also mentioned: the development of national unity and security and economic power in all areas; the primary importance attached to the country living in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility at home and abroad; strong State authority and a strong Government; \u201censuring the absolute sovereignty of the Constitution\u201d; and ensuring peace and good relations among citizens in the country's domestic policy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>- Fethi Okyar\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the program of the government he formed on November 22, 1924.<\/span><b> \u201cour great Army\u201d,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is mentioned that it is the protector of the Turkish homeland and that it will be equipped with the necessary equipment and that general order and peace will be ensured by strengthening internal order.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>- Celal Bayar\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">founded on November 01, 1937<\/span><b> t in the government program<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the program to follow,\u00a0 <\/span><b>Great Turkish Nation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019The realist and dynamic program of the Republican People's Party, which gathers the desires and wills of the Republic of Turkey, is stated to be the realist and dynamic program of the Republican People's Party. Government, <\/span><b><i>\u201cAlways stronger, always more prosperous, free and independent Turkey\u201d<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that he took it upon himself to accomplish his work; <\/span><b>\u201cKemalist regime\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">does not and will not accept an interest that is incompatible with the national interest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bayar, <\/span><b>\u201cAtat\u00fcrk saved us a wounded homeland.\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and he says<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Ataturk's vision was to completely cleanse this wounded homeland of superstitions, myths and some divine ideas that had permeated it for centuries. <\/span><b>by establishing a strong regime<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and made them happy and prosperous.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>- Refik Saydam\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the program of the government he formed on January 25, 1939.<\/span><b> \u201cRevolution<\/b> <b>Laws\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry is determined to continue its implementation with sensitivity in order to ensure its unshakable functioning in the national structure.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>- \u015e\u00fckr\u00fc Sara\u00e7o\u011flu\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On March 09, 1943, in his government program<\/span> <b><i>\u201cA prosperous Turkish homeland, a happy Turkish nation, a strong Turkish State; these are our goals.\u201d<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is called.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>- Recep Peker\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the program of the government formed on August 07, 1946. <\/span><b><i>\u00a0\u201c...Your Government is determined to establish democracy as the supreme political principle in the country.\u201d<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is said, <\/span><b><i>\u201cTo protect freedom, which is the right of all citizens, from the enemies of freedom\u201d<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that it is necessary. <\/span><b>\u201cArmy of the Republic\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Turkish President, with the highest qualifications and the noblest feelings, is ready to protect the security of our territory, the honor and rights of the State.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>- Hasan Saka\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On September 10, 1947, in the program of the government he formed,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is stated that the Republican People's Party Government considers it a natural necessity of life that political parties, whether in majority or minority, in power or in opposition, should not be treated differently by the State Administrative Organization and that they should have the opportunity to work based on the rights granted to them by law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>- \u015eemsettin G\u00fcnaltay\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the program of the government he formed on January 16, 1949, <\/span><b><i>\u201c...like the Governments before us, we will keep our national defense, which is the guarantee of our national integrity, at the forefront of every cause.\u201d<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is called.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>- B\u00fclent Ecevit\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the program of the government formed on 26.01.1974 <\/span><b>\u201cWe will develop our own national defense policy, strategy and capabilities for our national security and defense<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201dand <\/span><b>\u201cOur Armed Forces\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development will increasingly be based on our national resources. Ecevit, in his subsequent government programs <\/span><b>\u201cTo protect and defend the Republic of Turkey, which is Atat\u00fcrk's trust, against all kinds of unconstitutional activities\u201d, \u201cTo protect the State of the Republic of Turkey against all kinds of dangers that may come from outside and within\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> he mentions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CHP's understanding of state governance can be deduced from the issues included in the government programs of CHP prime ministers. The main aspects of this understanding of state governance;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Ensuring peace, tranquility and security at home and abroad,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Protection of the existence and territorial integrity of the Republic of Turkey,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Ensuring national unity and security, developing economic power,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- The state and the government must be strong, and care must be taken to equip the Republican Army, the protector of the Turkish homeland, with the necessary equipment,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Adherence to the realist and dynamic program of the Republican People's Party,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Formulation of policies in the national interest, promotion of democracy,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Equal treatment of citizens and political parties before state organs,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Basing national security and defense on national resources,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Protecting the State of the Republic of Turkey against all kinds of external and internal threats\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can be expressed as.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CHP was founded by Atat\u00fcrk to govern the Republic of Turkey in line with certain principles, and it is understood from the issues included in the government programs and practices of the prime ministers of the CHP that they have the ability to govern the state. The memory of the CHP, its transmission from generation to generation, and Turkey's political history indicate that the CHP has the cadres and mentality that can govern the state in the most accurate and sound manner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Turkey, the CHP is the only political force and party that can be the strong and carrier voice of the growing opposition within the political sphere penetrated by the AKP, which came to power with the general elections of November 3, 2002, as domestic and external conditions permitted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CHP, on the other hand, is a party that can govern the state by thinking and acting like Atat\u00fcrk, that has the memory of the state and the ability to govern.\u00a0 <\/span><b><i>\u201cWe will govern the state, we will overcome all internal and external problems and we will make Turkey a country of happy people\u201d<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The need for a political understanding and a cadre that can say, \"We need a political understanding and a cadre that can say, \"We need a political understanding and a cadre that can say.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CHP's <\/span><b>\u201cshady\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">li <\/span><b>\u201cCongress\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under the leadership of \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel, who became the 8th chairman of the party at the November 4-5, 2023 congress, it has rapidly ceased to be possible to save Turkey from the AKP rule.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ozgur Ozel <\/span><b>\u201cnormalization\u201d, \u201cd\u00e9tente\u201d, \u201cnew Constitution\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the process started with the voicing of his rhetoric, <\/span><b>to allow the government to regain the psychological upper hand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>to regulate the political sphere through the judiciary, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It continued with the appointment of trustees to some CHP municipalities, and even the revocation of the diploma of Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, the CHP's Mayor of Istanbul, before his investigation and arrest on charges of bribery and bid rigging.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a risk that the CHP will be increasingly battered by ongoing investigations and lawsuits, which are not entirely baseless, and that it will be turned into a punching bag for the ruling circles. The only way to fight back is to bring in cadres with no vacancies and no \u201cshame\u201d into power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As soon as possible, the CHP must put in place an administration that is capable of governing the Republic of Turkey, that does not have the slightest deficit or \u201cshadow\u201d, that can challenge the AKP government, and that will restore hope for power.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk said, \u201cThere are no hopeless situations, only hopeless people.\u201d Turkey's hope is CHP and if CHP is saved, Turkey will be saved.30.03.2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guest author Assoc. Prof. Kemal \u00c7\u0130FT\u00c7\u0130<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Konuk yazar: Do\u00e7.Dr. Kemal \u00c7\u0130FT\u00c7\u0130 Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk, Kurtulu\u015f Sava\u015f\u0131\u2019n\u0131 \u00f6rg\u00fctleyen ve y\u00fcr\u00fcten \u201cAnadolu ve Rumeli M\u00fcdafaa-i Hukuk Cemiyeti\u201dnin devam\u0131 mahiyetinde, 9 Eyl\u00fcl 1923\u2019te, daha yeni devletin rejiminin ad\u0131n\u0131n\u00a0 29 Ekim 1923\u2019te \u201cCumhuriyet\u201d olarak ilan edilmesinden k\u0131sa bir s\u00fcre \u00f6nce, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP)\u2019ni kurmu\u015ftur. CHP\u2019nin, T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Devleti&#8217;ni belirli ilkeler do\u011frultusunda y\u00f6netmek maksad\u0131yla kurulmu\u015f [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":279385,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-279384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gundem"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279384"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279389,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279384\/revisions\/279389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}