{"id":284631,"date":"2026-04-02T19:27:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=284631"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:27:31","slug":"systematization-of-identity-loss-and-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/systematization-of-identity-loss-and-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Loss of Identity and Systematization of Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is no point in beating around the bush anymore.<\/p>\n<p>The CHP is not experiencing a crisis today.<br \/>\nCHP today <strong>loss of identity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And this loss is not due to external pressures,<br \/>\nIt is formed by its own hand, by its own cadres, by its own choice.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, what happened is not a \u201cvictimization story\u201d,<br \/>\n<strong>is a story of internal dissolution.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk's name is mentioned at every opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>But the essence of his understanding of politics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>accountability<\/li>\n<li>merit<\/li>\n<li>Discipline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>is being consciously abandoned.<\/p>\n<p>This is not negligence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It's a choice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And politics is the sum of choices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Corruption: No longer defensible with \u201cbut\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Butler<br \/>\nBolu... Bursa...<br \/>\nIstanbul<\/p>\n<p>And other municipalities under investigation, including but not limited to these...<\/p>\n<p>If anyone still explains the picture that emerges when you put these names side by side as \u201cexceptions\u201d,<br \/>\nEither he doesn't want to see the truth or he is part of this system.<\/p>\n<p>Because there are no singular events here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There is a repetitive structure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If public resources are distributed according to personal relationships,<br \/>\nmunicipal facilities become an extension of private life,<br \/>\n\u201cIf phrases like \u201dI will pay for the damage out of my pocket\" are normalized...<\/p>\n<p>This is no longer a mistake.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the system.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Problem of Mechanism, Not Names<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ertan Stars<br \/>\nSt. Ihsan Aktaslar<\/p>\n<p>The common feature of the debates around these names is this:<\/p>\n<p>The problem is being talked about in terms of individuals,<br \/>\nbut the mechanism that builds the system is not questioned.<\/p>\n<p>But the real issue is this:<\/p>\n<p>How do these people get inside these structures?<br \/>\nWho is the reference?<br \/>\nWho is supervising?<\/p>\n<p>If a political structure constantly produces controversial figures,<br \/>\nthe problem there is not the individual:<\/p>\n<p><strong>is the collapse of the filter mechanism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dangerous Threshold The Language of Legitimization<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But this is where the real break begins.<\/p>\n<p>Corruption allegations and judicial processes,<br \/>\nredefined in the language of political struggle.<\/p>\n<p>In some discourses, these processes are even drawn into the same plane as historical resistances.<\/p>\n<p>With the struggle of the Deniz Gezmis<br \/>\nto tell today's controversial cases in the same framework...<\/p>\n<p>This is not just an error of discourse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the collapse of concepts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because what is being done at this point is not analysis:<\/p>\n<p><strong>legitimization.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And when a political structure starts to legitimize,<br \/>\nloses the capacity to right its own wrong.<\/p>\n<p>This is what is happening in the CHP today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not a communication problem<\/li>\n<li>It is not a staffing issue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A crisis of meaning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The line between right and wrong has been erased<\/li>\n<li>The reflex of accountability is lost<\/li>\n<li>The system has become self-defeating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And from this point on, the problem is no longer outside:<\/p>\n<p><strong>He's inside.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MORAL DECLINE POWER, CONGRESS AND DOUBLE STANDARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Congress: The Fable of Change, the Reality of Power<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CHP's 38th Ordinary Congress was presented as a \u201cturning point\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But here's the truth:<\/p>\n<p>This congress was a repetition of the most classic method we have seen in Turkish politics for a long time:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Power has been redistributed, but the method has not changed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who wrote the delegates?<br \/>\nWhich lists were shaped by which negotiations?<br \/>\nWho was pushed out of the system?<\/p>\n<p>None of these questions have been answered openly and transparently.<\/p>\n<p>Because it cannot be given.<\/p>\n<p>Because the moment the answer is given, the discourse of \u201cchange\u201d collapses.<\/p>\n<p>So what is happening here is not a transformation:<\/p>\n<p><strong>is a controlled transfer of power.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And this is not just a management debate,<br \/>\n<strong>is a question of legitimacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because politics does not only produce results.<\/p>\n<p>How that result is reached is politics itself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lawmakers with Padded Proxies: Politics of Comfort, Not Principle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What did the CHP say for years?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmunities should be lifted.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cLet everyone be tried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was the party's strongest moral claim.<\/p>\n<p>And today?<\/p>\n<p>What happens when the same situation arises from within?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Silence<\/li>\n<li>Delay<\/li>\n<li>Do not ignore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At this point, the law is not the issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moral backbone.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If a political structure applies its principle only against its opponent,<br \/>\nthe name of that principle is not a principle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It is a tool.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And instrumentalized morality is the most dangerous mechanism to destroy a party from within.<\/p>\n<p>Because after this point, there is no longer a distinction between right and wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Only this calculation is done:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWill this hurt us or not?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IBB Concentration of Power and Immunity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is no longer just a local government.<\/p>\n<p>There is a <strong>power center.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And like every center of power, the further it moves away from criticism, the more it generates its own impunity.<\/p>\n<p>At this point today:<\/p>\n<p>Every criticism of IBB is labeled as either \u201cbetrayal\u201d or \u201cdefamation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This reflex is very familiar.<\/p>\n<p>Because where there is this reflex:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No transparency<\/li>\n<li>No audit<\/li>\n<li>No accountability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What will replace it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>A culture of commitment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A culture of commitment leads to the following result:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Merit is withdrawn<\/li>\n<li>Loyalty rises<\/li>\n<li>Decision-making becomes relational<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From this point on, it is no longer an institution,<br \/>\n<strong>from a network structure<\/strong> is mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>Problems in the CHP today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not superficial<\/li>\n<li>Not temporary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Structural and moral.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comfort instead of principle<\/li>\n<li>Control instead of transparency<\/li>\n<li>Loyalty instead of control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When this triad is entrenched, it does not produce politics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It protects itself.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And a structure that protects itself,<br \/>\neventually loses its connection to society.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESPONSIBILITY, RECKONING AND THE INEVITABLE END<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Voter: You Have the Biggest Responsibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is necessary to start with the most disturbing but most true sentence:<\/p>\n<p>If the CHP has become like this, the responsibility does not lie solely with its leaders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The voter is also responsible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because no political structure comes to this point without being questioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow is not the time.\u201d,<br \/>\n\u201cCriticism hurts.\u201d,<br \/>\n\u201cAnyone who says, \u201dThere is no alternative anyway\"...<\/p>\n<p>Consciously or unconsciously, they contribute to the continuation of this order.<\/p>\n<p>But politics is not about support,<br \/>\n<strong>is to supervise.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Any structure that is not supervised will deteriorate.<\/p>\n<p>And this is exactly what is happening today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remembering Atat\u00fcrk's name is not enough<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is easy to refer to Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk.<\/p>\n<p>What is difficult is to carry his understanding of politics.<\/p>\n<p>His words are more relevant today than ever:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe independence of the nation will be saved by the determination and resolve of the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, the equivalent of this statement is this:<\/p>\n<p>Neither the headquarters will save the CHP,<br \/>\nneither media,<br \/>\nnor campaigns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Only its own base saves it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But for that, one must first face this reality:<\/p>\n<p>The problem is not outside.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It's inside.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No More Excuses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CHP is not at a crossroads today.<\/p>\n<p>That stage has already passed.<\/p>\n<p>The CHP faces two options today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Either he will clean himself<\/li>\n<li>Or it will experience a historical collapse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is no third way.<\/p>\n<p>Because this is what is happening today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>not an isolated incident<\/li>\n<li>not temporary<\/li>\n<li>not tolerable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Systematic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Forced Solution: Cleanup and Re-establishment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you really want a way out, it is not through rhetoric, <strong>by mechanism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The inevitable steps are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transparency should be mandatory<\/li>\n<li>Independent internal audit should be established<\/li>\n<li>Restructure the congress and delegate system<\/li>\n<li>Zero tolerance on corruption allegations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And most importantly:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The grassroots must not remain silent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because it's the only thing that changes upstairs,<br \/>\nis pressure from below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Ultimate Truth Clean Up or Collapse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no gray area anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Either this structure will be cleansed from within by force,<br \/>\nor it will collapse by its own internal decay.<\/p>\n<p>This is inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>Because politics does not survive only on the past.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It stands with confidence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And when trust is lost,<br \/>\neven the most entrenched structures fall apart.<\/p>\n<p>There is only one question before everyone today:<\/p>\n<p>Are you going to be part of this order?,<br \/>\nor the will to change this order?<\/p>\n<p>But nobody can say tomorrow:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe didn't know.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHP: You Can't Call Decay 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