{"id":283084,"date":"2026-02-27T05:28:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=283084"},"modified":"2026-02-27T05:28:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:28:56","slug":"politicization-of-language-and-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/politicization-of-language-and-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Politicization of Language and Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Religious phenomena are increasingly becoming a means of producing political positions. The public had gotten used to this situation on the right for many years. Now the same misconception is being perpetuated on the left. Moreover, the vast majority of the society is demographically on the right, which makes the leftist jargon even more unattractive.<\/p>\n<p>What is the advantage of saying \u201cMay his\/her grave be filled with light\u201d instead of \u201cMay his\/her grave be filled with light\u201d for a deceased person in terms of leftist ground?<br \/>\nDo they think that by saying this, they are ensuring that the political choice is accepted on religious grounds or in the eyes of the public?<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this idea is a complete fiasco. It does not resonate with the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaying \u201dMay he rest in peace\" does not exclude leftist politics. Because the public already knows who is rightist and who is leftist and they are not bothered by this.<br \/>\nBut what good would it do the left to hurt the relatives of the deceased in the first place by saying \u201cMay he sleep in peace\u201d? Moreover, many leftists are also uncomfortable with this situation.<\/p>\n<p>No one wants to hear unorthodox discourse in a religious atmosphere, monarch!<br \/>\nIf there is a need for a new tradition in an old village, fine; if there is no need for a new tradition, so be it!<\/p>\n<p>The same is seen on the right. When going to a meeting at school, it is also artificial to say \u201cAssalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu\u201d instead of \u201cgood morning\u201d.<br \/>\nBecause everything has its time, place and procedure, mullah!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaying \u201dgood morning\" does not make you apostate.<br \/>\n\u201cAnd the one who says, \u201dMay he sleep in the light,\" does not leave the religion.<br \/>\nBut is there a need for this verbiage?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also important to note that the expression \u201dAllah's salam\" is of Arabic origin and has become Turkish over the years.<br \/>\nToday, whether you are a rightist or a leftist, when you say \u201cSalaam alaikum\u201d in a mosque or a tavern, no one finds it strange. Because this expression is now established.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine: You have lost someone close to you.<br \/>\nSomeone says, \u201cMay he rest in peace.\u201d,<br \/>\nthe other is \u201cMay his grave be light.\u201d<br \/>\nWhich one do you feel like doing?<\/p>\n<p>A little empathy is needed.<\/p>\n<p>Attempts to shake up entrenched practices do not gain anything, neither at the bottom nor at the top.<br \/>\nIt only generates unnecessary polemics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon't those who deprived the teacher of the mystical charism by saying \u201dthe teacher is in the mosque\" have a share in the current state of teaching?<br \/>\nIn the past, people used to call a teacher \u201cteacher\u201d.<br \/>\nHe did not beat the person he called a hodja.<br \/>\nIf teachers are being beaten today, perhaps this language transformation also has a share.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, social events do not have a single cause; they have many components.<br \/>\nBut everything starts with discourse.<\/p>\n<p>The language used increases the sense of stakeholder engagement.<br \/>\nPoliticians and educators who cannot speak the same language cannot be successful.<\/p>\n<p>A candidate who says \u201chello\u201d instead of saying hello should prepare for a loss of votes from the beginning.<br \/>\nSelam has even been the subject of folk songs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe song \u201dYaz Dostum\" should be read well in this respect.<br \/>\nIt is almost a communication lesson for politicians:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYaz, my friend, whoever doesn't salute is called brave?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The left candidate loses nothing by saying \u201cAleyk\u00fcm selam\u201d to someone who greets them.<br \/>\nBut when he says \u201chello,\u201d it scratches his charisma.<\/p>\n<p>Those who run after small accounts waste their lives.<\/p>\n<p>We don't want to wait for another spring.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two situations that go hand in hand...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":283085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[286],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-283084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-yazarlar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283084","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=283084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283086,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283084\/revisions\/283086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}