{"id":285275,"date":"2026-04-21T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=285275"},"modified":"2026-04-21T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:55:00","slug":"stigmatize-and-silence-the-identity-traps-of-late-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/stigmatize-and-silence-the-identity-traps-of-late-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Stigmatize, Silence, Pass: Identity Traps of Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Turkey, it is no longer a question of fighting the opponent; it has turned into a race to liquidate those within Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>It has come to such a point that people who have given years of their lives to this party, who have grown up in this tradition, who have paid the price, are now labeled as \u201ccollaborators\u201d, \u201cAKP members\u201d or even \u201csell-outs\u201d when they make a sentence of criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Question:<br \/>\nWho is this anger against? The opponent or the mirror?<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, a political language that calls its own chairman \u201cfree boy\u201d...<br \/>\nOn the other hand, a profile of a politician who can say, \u201cI didn't vote for the CHP's presidential candidate, I went and voted for Tayyip Erdo\u011fan\u201d and who says this without shame or embarrassment...<\/p>\n<p>They are silent.<br \/>\nThere is no anger at them.<br \/>\nThey are not labeled \u201ctreason\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But when people who have given years of their lives to this party come out and say \u201cyou are doing wrong\u201d, \u201cpurify yourselves\u201d, they suddenly become traitors, enemies, \u201cAKP members\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>Who really benefits from this blindness?<\/h3>\n<p>What kind of a mental eclipse is this?<\/p>\n<p>Let's go even further:<br \/>\n\u201cYou come from a background that says, \u201dMy life has been spent fighting communism\"...<br \/>\nBut today you declare people from that tradition as \u201cmen of the other side\u201d just because they criticize.<\/p>\n<p>So let's ask:<br \/>\nHow did what was wrong yesterday become right today?<br \/>\nOr is it not a matter of principle, but of comfort zone?<\/p>\n<p>Hiding behind names like Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, creating an emotional shield with the discourse of \u201cfather's hearth\u201d and trying to silence the real owners of that hearth...<br \/>\nThis is not politics, this is consuming legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Because that place you call \u201cthe father's hearth\u201d survived because there was criticism, there was discussion, there were ideas.<br \/>\nToday, a single type of thinking is imposed inside that hearth.<\/p>\n<p>And the saddest part is this:<br \/>\nPeople who have given their lives to this party are now treated as \u201cforeigners\u201d in that party.<\/p>\n<p>Just because they criticized.<br \/>\nJust because they said \u201cbetter is possible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Then let's ask it bluntly:<br \/>\nWho is really a \u201ccollaborator\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Criticizing?<br \/>\nOr the one who sees the mistake and keeps silent?<\/p>\n<p>In Turkey, it is no longer a question of fighting the opponent; it has turned into a race to liquidate those within Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>It has come to such a point that people who have given years of their lives to this party, who have grown up in this tradition, who have paid the price, are now labeled as \u201ccollaborators\u201d, \u201cAKP members\u201d or even \u201csell-outs\u201d when they make a sentence of criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Question:<br \/>\nWho is this anger against? The opponent or the mirror?<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, a political language that calls its own chairman \u201cfree boy\u201d...<br \/>\nOn the other hand, a profile of a politician who can say, \u201cI didn't vote for the CHP's presidential candidate, I went and voted for Tayyip Erdo\u011fan\u201d and who says this without shame or embarrassment...<\/p>\n<p>They are silent.<br \/>\nThere is no anger at them.<br \/>\nThey are not labeled \u201ctreason\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But when people who have given years of their lives to this party come out and say \u201cyou are doing wrong\u201d, \u201cpurify yourselves\u201d, they suddenly become traitors, enemies, \u201cAKP members\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>What kind of a mental eclipse is this?<\/p>\n<p>Let's go even further:<br \/>\n\u201cYou come from a background that says, \u201dMy life has been spent fighting communism\"...<br \/>\nBut today you declare people from that tradition as \u201cmen of the other side\u201d just because they criticize.<\/p>\n<p>So let's ask:<br \/>\nHow did what was wrong yesterday become right today?<br \/>\nOr is it not a matter of principle, but of comfort zone?<\/p>\n<p>Hiding behind names like Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, creating an emotional shield with the discourse of \u201cfather's hearth\u201d and trying to silence the real owners of that hearth...<br \/>\nThis is not politics, this is consuming legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Because that place you call \u201cthe father's hearth\u201d survived because there was criticism, there was discussion, there were ideas.<br \/>\nToday, a single type of thinking is imposed inside that hearth.<\/p>\n<p>And the saddest part is this:<br \/>\nPeople who have given their lives to this party are now treated as \u201cforeigners\u201d in that party.<\/p>\n<p>Just because they criticized.<br \/>\nJust because they said \u201cbetter is possible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Then let's ask it bluntly:<br \/>\nWho is really a \u201ccollaborator\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Criticizing?<br \/>\nOr the one who sees the mistake and keeps silent?<\/p>\n<p>There is nowhere to run anymore. It is neither a \u201cmiscommunication\u201d nor a \u201cmisunderstanding\u201d. It is directly a matter of mentality.<\/p>\n<p>And that mentality says:<br \/>\n\u201cIf you object to us, you are not one of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is precisely why it is being lost.<\/p>\n<p>Because politics is not a race of loyalty, but of reason, courage and confrontation. But if you throw every critic out the door, only those who remain silent will remain inside. And silence does not build order - it produces decay.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the picture is clear:<br \/>\nThere is a structure that silences those who speak from within, denies its own past and stigmatizes its own people.<\/p>\n<p>And he still asks the same question: \u201cWhy can't we win?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The answer is bitter but simple:<br \/>\nBecause you are fighting with yourself.<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, the lack of reaction to those who openly say \u201cI voted for Tayyip Erdo\u011fan\u201d...<br \/>\nOn the other hand, people who have been in this party for years, who have shouldered this struggle, are labeled as \u201cAKP members\u201d, \u201ccollaborators\u201d, \u201csell-outs\u201d...<\/p>\n<p>Isn't that a double standard?<br \/>\nIsn't this the management of reflex and not of reason?<\/p>\n<p>It goes further than that:<br \/>\nThis is an order of fear.<\/p>\n<p>Because the structure that is afraid of criticism is afraid of change.<br \/>\nA structure that fears change is doomed to lose.<\/p>\n<p>No one needs to deceive each other anymore.<br \/>\nAs long as this language continues, there will be no connection with the people, no trust will be built and no path to power will be opened.<\/p>\n<p>Because people forgive mistakes, but not arrogance.<br \/>\nPeople tolerate lack, but they don't forget being underestimated.<\/p>\n<p>And the moment you begin to despise your own people, you begin to write your own doom.<\/p>\n<p>So the last word is clear, unequivocal and firm:<\/p>\n<p>Either you will abandon this pattern of stigmatization,<br \/>\nor you will continue to ask the same question after every election.<\/p>\n<p>But this time no one will take you seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Because people have already figured it out:<br \/>\nThose who cannot tolerate themselves cannot tolerate the country.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ele\u015ftiren D\u00fc\u015fman m\u0131? T\u00fcrkiye\u2019de Siyasetin En Kolay Ka\u00e7\u0131\u015f\u0131<\/p>\n<p>Kendi Evlatlar\u0131n\u0131 Yiyen Siyaset<\/p>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":285277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[286],"tags":[289],"class_list":{"0":"post-285275","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\/285275","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285275"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285278,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285275\/revisions\/285278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}