Politics is the art of determining your path by looking at the price of diesel fuel. Because the fate of political actors who deal with the seat upholstery within their party instead of talking about the common problems of the country is usually similar: Either they are suddenly exhausted one day or they return when diesel oil reaches 80 liras.<\/p>\n
Let us remember. There were two names who once contributed to the rise of the AK Party. They parted ways with the CHP, said \u201cwe can do it\u201d and founded a party. One of them made a name for himself with \u201cfet\u00f6\u201d slander and insults against the CHP. The other was so quiet that his name only appeared on the ballot. The result: 0.9 percent for one, 0.06 percent for the other. The ballot box gave the cruel grade of politics: \u201cYou failed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Their parties were dissolved, they resigned, their political lives were assumed to be over. Under normal circumstances, these names would either be forgotten or mentioned with sentences starting with \u201csir, once upon a time\u201d.<\/p>\n
But what did we see today? Mrs. Emine came back. The reason? \u201cDiesel is 80 TL.\u201d<\/p>\n
He had to say this because he had to find a discourse that would legitimize his return to politics and at the same time try to prove that he was an opponent. So he ignored the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the unpredictability of international oil markets. Of course he knows, but he thought that a material that touches everyone's pockets like \u201cdiesel fuel\u201d would be a more effective return ticket, but it was not.<\/p>\n
If only he had said: \u201cI am sorry that I left my party to divide votes, that I set out with the desire for a seat. I have returned home, let's grow the struggle together.\u201d But no. No regret, no accounting. Only one discourse: Diesel.<\/p>\n
At this point, let us not forget the common characteristic of Emine and \u0130nce: They both made being against Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu a political identity. \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel is trying to be against Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu instead of being against Erdo\u011fan and the AK Party. Because he is not interested in power, he is interested in protecting his position within the party. That's why he is calling back those who are against Mr. Kemal. And now you see that \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel is in a \u201cseat protection\u201d mode to the point of sending party members to disciplinary action for liking a tweet with Mr. Kemal's photo.<\/p>\n
Instead of being in power and producing long-term, healthy policies, we are confronted with a political understanding that tries to survive with day-to-day actions and rhetoric in the form of \u201cwords spoken while returning to okeye worse than Ahmet Emice in the coffee house\u201d. Coming back on the price of diesel fuel and trying to make opposition on the price of diesel fuel actually summarizes everything.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Emine's \u201cdiesel oil\u201d exit is an exquisite detail that shows how groundless a political comeback can be. The fact that a name that years ago split votes, forced alliances and then left the stage, comes back today saying \u201cdiesel is expensive\u201d is proof of how shallow politics has become.<\/p>\n
But what can he do? In a political culture that cannot focus on the common problems of the country due to internal party balances, the excuse for his return can only be as shallow as this.<\/p>\n
Come, citizen, come. The diesel drivers of the sinking party have arrived. Instead of the common problems of the country, the diesel drivers who hang out on the edge of the carpet, on the edge of the mop...<\/p>\n
A party that cannot touch the people and speaks with shallow rhetoric cannot come to power.<\/p>\n
For a while, there were those who broke away from the main opposition and set out saying \u201cwe can do better\u201d. Big claims, harsh outbursts, lots of words... But when the polls came, the picture was clear: Votes that did not even amount to 1 percent and the harshest verdict of politics - \u201cyou have no response.\u201d
\nAnd then what happened?
\nParties closed, the stage was abandoned, names were left to be forgotten.
\nThen...
\nDiesel is 80 liras.
\nAnd someone came back.
\nBut what kind of return?
\nNo self-criticism, no accounting, no courage to say \u201cwe were wrong\u201d...
\nJust one sentence:
\n\u201cDiesel is too expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n
The point is this:
\nAre these reversals for the people or to regain lost political space?
\nIt is no coincidence that those who once based their politics solely on opposing Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu are still trying to do politics in the same narrow field. Because the issue is not to be in power; it is to grab a place within the party.<\/p>\n
Diesel was 80 liras and Emine Han\u0131m came.
\nIt was just a figure of speech.
\nNo accounting, no self-criticism.
\nIt's just the cheapest way to say \u201cI'm here\u201d: Diesel.<\/p>\n
The public situation is terrible
\nseat grabbing is so cozy<\/p>\n
The rest is trivial.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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