The Middle East is on fire. As the US-Israeli axis struck Iran, the world did not split in two; it became much more dangerous: The world is united in its lack of principles. In the midst of this fire, Spain's \u201cno\u201d vote shone like an exception. But when you look at the reaction of the left in Turkey and around the world, this is the picture that emerges:<\/p>\n
War is not the problem.
\nThe problem is that the left doesn't even know what it is against anymore.<\/p>\n
Do not underestimate this sentence. Because it is much more than a political statement: It is a diagnosis of a historical unraveling. And this unraveling is not only in organizations, parties or leaders; it is happening directly in the mentality itself. Today, the left is drifting in an identity crisis, unable to identify the enemy, unable to distinguish between friends and, most importantly, unable to defend its principles consistently.<\/p>\n
LEFT IN TURKEY: REFLEX, NO PRINCIPLE<\/strong><\/p>\n In Turkey, the reaction to this war by large sections of the self-described \u201cleft\u201d has fallen into three patterns:<\/p>\n But none of this is a real political position.<\/p>\n Because the real position is this: A significant part of the Turkish left cannot do this. But it is not just a question of historical delay. There is a deeper problem: Mental laziness. Slogans instead of analysis, reflexes instead of principles, habit instead of thought. This is why the left in Turkey is unable to analyze a complex geopolitical crisis; it tries to reduce it to a simple \u201cgood vs. bad\u201d story.<\/p>\n Reality does not allow it.<\/p>\n CHP AND CENTER-LEFT: POLITICS OF POLLS, NOT PRINCIPLES<\/strong><\/p>\n The CHP line was most clearly exposed in this crisis.<\/p>\n What did he do?<\/p>\n Do you know what that means?<\/p>\n This means that even foreign policy is read through \u201cvoter reaction\u201d.<\/p>\n Today, the CHP behaves like a risk management company, not a party of principle. But there is something more dangerous here: This approach is contagious. When the center-left becomes unprincipled, the entire political space around it becomes like it. Thus, politics ceases to be a field of value production; it becomes a technical job of damage control.<\/p>\n But it is precisely in moments like these that politics becomes clear.<\/p>\n Spain took a risk. That's the difference.<\/p>\n RADICAL LEFT: RHETORIC, NO REALITY<\/strong><\/p>\n Structures further to the left face a different problem:<\/p>\n For them, the equation is still simple: This is a childish analysis.<\/p>\n Iran is not an anti-imperialist model. But some leftist circles in Turkey still do not want to see this reality. This is why we have this absurd situation:<\/p>\n This is not analysis. This is the reflex of taking sides.<\/p>\n Let's say it more harshly: This is an escape from intellectual honesty. Because it is difficult to accept two truths at the same time. The easy one is chosen. But easy is not politics; easy is propaganda.<\/p>\n THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPAIN AND TURKEY: NOT COURAGE, BUT MENTALITY<\/strong><\/p>\n Spain's behavior is not only a matter of political courage. Spain did this: In Turkey, politics is at this level: So it is not a question of cowardice. And this loss is not just today's loss, but the accumulation of years. Politics in Turkey has long been reactive, not strategic. It has become a structure that drifts after events, not a structure that directs them.<\/p>\n WORLD LEFT A HISTORICAL UNRAVELING<\/strong><\/p>\n The crisis you see in Turkey is not local. Today the global left is fragmented along three main lines:<\/p>\n 1. The Western Liberal Left: Imperialism's Accountants of Conscience<\/strong><\/p>\n The liberal left in the US and Europe still defines itself as \u201cprogressive\u201d. This section is no longer the opponent of the system, but the moral ornament of the order.<\/p>\n Let's say it more clearly: This left is the soft face of imperialism. It only discusses its aesthetics without criticizing the hard power.<\/p>\n 2. The Camp Left: The New Cold War Reflex<\/strong><\/p>\n This group still reads the world in two blocks:<\/p>\n The problem with this approach is this: But where there is power, there is domination.<\/p>\n This is why this left reproduces the very thing it criticizes.<\/p>\n 3. Identitarian and Postmodern Left: De-politicized Opposition<\/strong><\/p>\n For them, the main battleground is no longer the economy or imperialism, But this approach has a serious dilemma:<\/p>\n Wars, crises and geopolitical conflicts Conclusion. And a politics detached from reality eventually becomes ineffective.<\/p>\n 4. The Global South Left: Resistance Exists but Disorganized<\/strong><\/p>\n Some left movements in Latin America, Africa and Asia are still clearer:<\/p>\n But there is another problem here too: Because some of these movements:<\/p>\n This makes anti-imperialism no longer a project of freedom, THE EUROPEAN LEFT AND SPAIN: EXCEPTION OR NEW BEGINNING?<\/strong><\/p>\n That's why Spain's attitude is important.<\/p>\n Because for the first time in Europe in a long time, a left-wing government:<\/p>\n But it is also necessary to say this clearly:<\/p>\n This is not a rupture. Spain is still in the system. \u201cI'm not in every game.\u201d<\/p>\n This looks like a small one. Because what is radical today is not shouting; THE REAL CRISIS THE MORAL BANKRUPTCY OF THE LEFT<\/strong><\/p>\n Today, the biggest problem of the left in Turkey and in the world is not organization. The real problem is this: Same circles:<\/p>\n This is not sustainable.<\/p>\n Because now everyone sees this: Let's say it more harshly: This is a crisis of hypocrisy.<\/p>\n WHAT IS TRUE ANTI-IMPERIALISM?<\/strong><\/p>\n Real anti-imperialism is not comfortable.<\/p>\n It requires the following:<\/p>\n This is difficult.<\/p>\n But the left exists to do the difficult. Most of the left today is not the difficult one, And this choice is slowly neutralizing him.<\/p>\n EITHER RE-ESTABLISHMENT OR HISTORICAL ERASURE<\/strong><\/p>\n Spain's exit is not a hope, but a warning.<\/p>\n Because this shows us this: But the left? If this does not change, let me say this clearly:<\/p>\n Left, stop being in power, And then it won't be about that: The point will be this: Because history does not accept a vacuum. And then not only the left loses. Spain's exit is not a hope, but a warning.<\/p>\n Because this shows us this:\n
\nTo be able to say three things at the same time:<\/p>\n\n
\nBecause mentally he is still living in the Cold War.<\/p>\n\n
\nEven when it comes to war, there is a calculation of \u201chow will we be perceived if we are too harsh?\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nThe center-left in Turkey has calculated the risk.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIf the US is bad, the other is good.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nA regional power, a state seeking to expand its sphere of influence.<\/p>\n
\nBecause their ideological comfort zone does not allow this.<\/p>\n\n
\nIt is a difference in mentality.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI am an ally, but I am not with you in every war.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWill what I say hurt me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe issue is that politics has lost the capacity to produce principles.<\/p>\n
\nThis is part of the structural collapse of the world left.<\/p>\n
\nBut what they do in practice is this:<\/p>\n\n
\n
\nReducing imperialism to the West.<\/p>\n
\ncultural and discursive space.<\/p>\n
\ncannot be analyzed through theories of identity.<\/p>\n
\nDetachment from reality.<\/p>\n\n
\nLack of coherence.<\/p>\n\n
\ninto an instrument of power.<\/p>\n\n
\nThis is an attempt to draw a line.<\/p>\n
\nBut at least it says this:<\/p>\n
\nBut even that is radical in today's world.<\/p>\n
\nis being able to say \u201cno\u201d to the power you're attached to.<\/p>\n
\nIt's not a theory.<\/p>\n
\nThere is no moral consistency.<\/p>\n\n
\nIt is not a question of principle, it is a question of position.<\/p>\n\n
\nNot to do what is easy.<\/p>\n
\nprefers the one that brings applause.<\/p>\n
\nEven governments can be principled at times.<\/p>\n
\nBoth in Turkey and in the world, they still act on reflexes, fears and memorization.<\/p>\n
\nIt will even lose the capacity to convince society.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWhy can't the left win?\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cDoes the left still exist?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nIf the left cannot fill this vacuum, other forces will fill it.<\/p>\n
\nSociety loses.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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