{"id":280542,"date":"2025-12-20T08:24:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T08:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=280542"},"modified":"2025-12-20T08:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T08:24:05","slug":"gursel-tekinden-calls-for-national-mobilization-against-drugs-streets-cannot-belong-to-drug-dealers-graves-cannot-belong-to-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/gursel-tekinden-calls-for-national-mobilization-against-drugs-streets-cannot-belong-to-drug-dealers-graves-cannot-belong-to-young-people\/","title":{"rendered":"G\u00fcrsel Tekin calls for a national mobilization against drugs: Streets cannot belong to drug dealers, graves cannot belong to young people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Istanbul Pendik, 2 young people were found dead in the morning, one in his car and the other 100 meters away from the car. In the first investigation, it was recorded that the cause of death of the young people was drug use.<\/p>\n<p>CHP Istanbul Call Committee, chaired by G\u00fcrsel Tekin, paid condolence visits to the families of the young people who lost their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing attention to the drug problem, G\u00fcrsel Tekin shared his post after the visit, \u201cIn Pendik, two young people were found dead in a car in the early morning due to drugs. We went to condolence. There was no politics, no polemic. There were mothers.<br \/>\nAnd the mothers were saying one thing: \u201cWe have gone through this pain, let no one else go through it.\u201d<br \/>\nThis word is a cry; it is a clear call to the state.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tr\">National Mobilization Against Drugs is Necessary: The Streets Cannot Be for Drug Dealers and the Graves Cannot Be for Young People<\/p>\n<p>In Pendik, two young men were found dead in a car in the early morning due to drug abuse. We went to the condolence. There was no politics, no polemics. There were mothers.<br \/>\nAnd the mothers were saying one thing:... <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P9SfsiCJ83\">pic.twitter.com\/P9SfsiCJ83<\/a><\/p>\n<p>- G\u00fcrsel Tekin (@gurseltekin34) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gurseltekin34\/status\/2002286171741638672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Noting that they receive similar news from different districts of Istanbul every day, Tekin said, \u201cDrugs are no longer an isolated problem; it has turned into a pandemic.<br \/>\nJust as in a pandemic the state has to mobilize all its power, the same is happening today. Every day another neighborhood, every day another child, every day another coffin...<\/p>\n<p>I say this clearly: Drugs are not a public order issue in Turkey, they are a national disaster.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile our young people are being blatantly lost, the government's agenda is perception, pressure and demonstrations. There is a state mind that remains silent while young people die.\u201d G\u00fcrsel Tekin continued his statement as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf drugs are roaming the streets so easily, if young people can access them so easily;<br \/>\nit's not just the drug dealers' fault.<br \/>\nThis is the crime of those who do not see, those who do not hear, those who know but remain silent.<br \/>\nThis picture is not a coincidence; it is the result of neglect, callousness and wrong priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CHP's G\u00fcrsel Tekin concluded his statement with a call:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI make a clear and strong call from here:<\/p>\n<p>The state must prioritize the fight against drugs.<br \/>\nA mobilization to eradicate, not token operations, is essential.<br \/>\nNot only police measures, but health, education and social policies must work together.<br \/>\nRehabilitation centers should be expanded and families should not be left alone.<br \/>\nBureaucrats and politicians who ignored this disaster must be held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>If a country cannot protect its youth, it cannot talk about growth, development or a strong state.<br \/>\nThis is not a left-right issue.<br \/>\nThis is not a party issue.<br \/>\nIt is a question of whether our children will live or not.<\/p>\n<p>I am saying this so that not one more mother will embrace the earth as \u201cmy child\u201d:<br \/>\nDrugs are a pandemic.<br \/>\nFighting a pandemic is not halfway done.<\/p>\n<p>And I am announcing it from here:<br \/>\nWe will not shut up until this order changes.<br \/>\nWe will not back down until this disaster is over.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Bir \u00fclke gen\u00e7lerini koruyam\u0131yorsa; ne b\u00fcy\u00fcmeden, ne kalk\u0131nmadan, ne de g\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fc devletten s\u00f6z edebilir.&#8221;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":280543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[15],"class_list":{"0":"post-280542","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politika","8":"tag-chp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280542","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280544,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280542\/revisions\/280544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}