As we approach another holiday, the familiar feelings that should warm our hearts are replaced by a heavy reality this time. Because not only in this country but all over the world, while people are suffering, wars are going on, innocent people are losing their lives, even talking about the holiday creates a bitterness in people.<\/p>\n
In these lands, Eid is not only a religious ritual, but also a social threshold where conscience, compassion and justice are recalled. It is a day when resentments are reconciled, the poor are cared for and resentments are mended. But what is happening today, both in our country and in the world, deeply shakes this meaning.<\/p>\n
For a long time now, politics in Turkey has been proceeding on a ground that contradicts the values that Eid represents. Polarization, repression, judicial debates and shrinking areas of freedom...
\nWhile there are politicians, journalists and thinkers in prison, for a section of society the holiday is always incomplete.<\/p>\n
The issue of Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, whose arrest will be over a year ago, has become a symbol at this very point. This is not just a judicial process; it is a process where the will of the people, democracy and the sense of justice are tested.
\nThe essence of Eid is justice. If justice is lacking, so is Eid.<\/p>\n
Today, a geography is burning before the eyes of the world.
\nTensions and conflicts between Iran and Israel...
\nThe United States of America, which is directly or indirectly part of this process...
\nAnd the peoples caught in the middle of this great power struggle.
\nInnocent people are losing their lives in many parts of the Middle East, especially in Gaza.
\nChildren wake up under bombs, mothers bury their children, cities are reduced to rubble.
\nThe question we need to ask ourselves now is very clear:
\nHow can we celebrate Eid here when people are dying there?
\nThis question is a question of conscience.
\nEid is not only about experiencing our own joy, but also about feeling the pain of others. If children in one place cannot wake up to Eid, Eid in another place is incomplete.
\nMan in the Midst of War and Politics
\nToday, wars are not only fought on the frontlines. Wars are now being fought inside cities, in the lives of civilians, in the future of children.
\nThose who die for political calculations, power struggles and international interests are always the same:
\nInnocent people.
\nBayram, on the contrary, puts the human at the center.
\nWar kills, Eid keeps you alive.
\nWar divides, holidays unite.
\nBut if wars continue, the holiday is just a reminder:
\nA reminder of the kind of world we want to live in...<\/p>\n
There is also an invisible war: poverty.
\nMillions of people in Turkey enter Eid with economic problems.
\nChildren who cannot buy holiday clothes, pensioners who cannot give pocket money to their grandchildren, families who are preparing for the holiday with deficiencies in their kitchens...
\nThis is another injustice.
\nEid means equal joy for everyone. But as inequality deepens, the feast is divided.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat's the big deal about Eid...\u201d
\nThere is a reproach in the language of the people that describes this very picture:
\nI don't care if it's a holiday,
\nBlood drips into my heart...
\nMy friends have fallen into distant hands,
\nI cry...<\/p>\n
These verses tell a truth, not just a sadness.
\nIf there is suffering, if there is injustice, if there is war, Eid is not fully born in man.<\/p>\n
Today, the greatest need of the political institution both in Turkey and in the world is conscience.
\nEqual administration of justice for all
\nReassessment of the situation of imprisoned politicians and intellectuals
\nAbandonment of war policies
\nStrengthening peace and diplomacy
\nEid is the time when this call is strongest.<\/p>\n
Real Eid;
\nWhere children don't die,
\nThe silence of wars,
\nWhere justice is distributed equally to all,
\nIt is possible in a world where no one is deprived of their freedom because of their opinions.
\nMaybe today we will celebrate Eid.
\nBut there's something missing in us...
\nBecause we know;
\nA child in Gaza will not wake up to Eid,
\nA mother in the Middle East will mourn her child,
\nAnd someone in this country will welcome the holiday behind bars.
\nThat is why we will keep asking:
\nIs this really a holiday?
\nIt is our wish;
\nOne day, when Eid comes, let no one say, \u201cWhat's wrong with Eid?\u201d
\nWhen that day comes, then it will truly be a feast.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Real Eid;
\nWhere children don't die,
\nThe silence of wars,
\nWhere justice is distributed equally to all,
\nIt is possible in a world where no one is deprived of their freedom because of their opinions.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":283905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[286],"tags":[289],"class_list":{"0":"post-283904","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\/283904","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\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283906,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283904\/revisions\/283906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}