{"id":282728,"date":"2026-02-15T17:26:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T17:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=282728"},"modified":"2026-02-15T17:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T17:26:21","slug":"in-turkey-both-traffic-and-politics-flow-from-the-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/in-turkey-both-traffic-and-politics-flow-from-the-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic and Politics Flow on the Right in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Turkey, traffic flows on the right; the steering wheel is on the left. Therefore, a car that constantly occupies the left collides with the oncoming vehicle and has an accident. Especially if a truck or heavy vehicle is coming the other way, the car will be totaled. God forbid...<\/p>\n<p>Turkish politics is also like this.<\/p>\n<p>Politics without taking the right into account has kept left-wing parties out of power for years. The late B\u00fclent Ecevit's success in this field is an exception; it was short-lived.<br \/>\nEcevit sonras\u0131 d\u00f6nem, iktidara en \u00e7ok yakla\u015f\u0131lan zirve olarak tarihe ge\u00e7ti. Say\u0131n Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu\u2019nun 2023 Cumhurba\u015fkanl\u0131\u011f\u0131 adayl\u0131\u011f\u0131nda ald\u0131\u011f\u0131 %48 oy, CHP ve sol siyaset a\u00e7\u0131s\u0131ndan tarih\u00ee bir ba\u015far\u0131d\u0131r. \u0130kinci turda yakla\u015f\u0131k 2,5 milyon oy fark\u0131yla kaybedildi.<\/p>\n<h3>Chair, Ego and Lost Power<\/h3>\n<p>It is clear that there were at least 2.5 million opposition votes among the approximately 10 million votes that were not cast. But the \u201cknow-it-all\u201d conformist monarchist leftists prevented this too.<br \/>\nThe rhetoric of \u201cchange\u201d before the second round started pacified the voters. Morale deteriorated and motivation collapsed. The reluctant and ambivalent behavior of those who received parliamentary seats did not go unnoticed. The first daggers against K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu had begun to stab in those days.<\/p>\n<h3>The Bankruptcy of Monarch Politics<\/h3>\n<p>Believe me, they will laugh at you.<\/p>\n<p>2.5 million CHP votes could not be found in the whole country? Not even as much as the IYI Party and Saadet grassroots. The opposite neighborhood, on the other hand, worked until the end. Some ran to the polls for the love of the cause, some for the hope of good deeds. Because the one who believes wins.<br \/>\nThe words of the great leader Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk are not in vain:<br \/>\n\u201cVictory belongs to those who can say \u2018victory is mine\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Election Lost to Elitism<\/h3>\n<p>The nearly 15 million votes from right-wing voters is not a coincidence. This is the \u201cMr. Kemal miracle\u201d.<br \/>\nHalalization and Halil \u0130brahim Sofras\u0131 politics is a success. However, the elections were lost due to the dissatisfaction that is a chronic disease of the Turkish left, everyone thinking that they are an all\u00e2me, and the eagerness to be a commander without being a soldier.<br \/>\nArmies with more officers than soldiers cannot win wars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Defeat of the Left Detached from the People\u201d<br \/>\nDon't think that the election was lost because of right-wing voters.<br \/>\nDon't think that it was because of those who were insulted as \u201cpasta makers, sheep\u201d.<br \/>\nThe real losers are the leftists who are elitist, arrogant and disconnected from the people.<\/p>\n<h3>The Left's Endless Civil War<\/h3>\n<p>Everyone is innocent and K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu is the only one guilty?<br \/>\n\u201cHe said \u201dearly\u201c, he said \u201dtake your time\", you didn't listen. You ate the ready man. Today Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu is struggling with political pressures, others are looking for a seat. Is this loyalty? Is this friendship?<\/p>\n<h3>The Ballot Box and Reality<\/h3>\n<p>You still don't understand the reality of right-wing voters.<br \/>\nPublicly drinking during Ramadan,<br \/>\nDo not respect religious and cultural values (raki at the grave),<br \/>\nThis nation will not vote for a mentality that belittles the lifestyle of the people.<br \/>\nNot even if he starves.<br \/>\n\u201cDon't make excuses with the simplicity of \u201dif he doesn't, he won't\".<br \/>\nIf the opposition continues with this mentality, they will lose the local elections as they lost the general elections.<br \/>\nI am writing from today.<br \/>\nI'm making a note in history.<br \/>\nIn Turkey, both traffic and politics flow on the right.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Kaybedilen Se\u00e7imin Anatomisi&#8221;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":282729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[286],"tags":[289],"class_list":{"0":"post-282728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-yazarlar","8":"tag-manset"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282728","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282730,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282728\/revisions\/282730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}