{"id":286290,"date":"2026-05-29T20:17:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=286290"},"modified":"2026-05-29T20:17:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:17:31","slug":"the-question-is-not-where-you-come-from-but-where-you-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/the-question-is-not-where-you-come-from-but-where-you-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt's Not Where You Come From, It's Where You Stand\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those who think they are playing politics by labeling someone as \u201cfrom TGRT\u201d, \u201cfrom there\u201d or \u201cfrom here\u201d should first look at their own political past. Those who target Atakan S\u00f6nmez, Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu's chief press advisor, seem to be unaware of his years of revolutionary struggle, his political past and the line he walks with people who have paid the price.<\/p>\n<p>The real issue is not where people come from, but where they stand today. It is sheer political hypocrisy for those who were in other structures yesterday and today speak of democracy to try to condemn others with \u201clabel politics\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>O masters<br \/>\nDo those who go around from screen to screen and lecture on morality and democracy today think that Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu has forgotten that he used to work as a presenter at a TV channel that was discussed to be close to FET\u00d6 in the past? If you are going to build politics by digging into people's pasts, you must first face your own history.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, those who attack others today on the basis of \u201cFET\u00d6 insinuation\u201d also owe the public an explanation about their own past ties. \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel's family's education has been on the public agenda for years, with the alleged FET\u00d6-linked schools in Bornova on the agenda. It is also remembered that in the past he was criticized for adopting patronizing attitudes towards names close to the FET\u00d6 organization in Manisa.<\/p>\n<p>If politics is to be based on questioning the past;<br \/>\nThen everyone should shed light on their own past with the same courage.<\/p>\n<p>On the one side, those who have risen through years of CHP's labor, its base and the votes of the people...<br \/>\nOn the other side, an arrogant understanding of politics that today, drunk with power, declares everyone a \u201ctraitor\u201d, a \u201csupporter\u201d, a \u201cpersona non grata\u201d...<\/p>\n<p>This language is not the language of democracy, it is the language of liquidation.<br \/>\nThis understanding is not change, but a masked form of seat fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Those who attack people who have worked for years within the CHP in an organized way should know this:<br \/>\nNo one is your property.<br \/>\nCHP is not the company of a group.<\/p>\n<p>It is tragicomic that names who were intertwined with different structures until yesterday are trying to measure revolutionism today. Those who label people through television channels must explain to the public in which corridors their own political careers have been shaped.<\/p>\n<p>Because politics is not about shouting; it is about consistency.<br \/>\nAnd the people can now see who is really fighting and who is just grabbing power.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birilerini \u201cTGRT\u2019den geldi\u201d, \u201c\u015furadan geldi\u201d, \u201cburadan geldi\u201d diye yaftalayarak siyaset yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 sananlar \u00f6nce d\u00f6n\u00fcp kendi siyasi ge\u00e7mi\u015flerine bakmal\u0131d\u0131r. Bug\u00fcn Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu\u2019nun bas\u0131n ba\u015f dan\u0131\u015fman\u0131 Atakan S\u00f6nmez\u2019i hedef alanlar, onun y\u0131llard\u0131r verdi\u011fi devrimci m\u00fccadeleden, siyasal ge\u00e7mi\u015finden ve bedel \u00f6demi\u015f insanlarla y\u00fcr\u00fcd\u00fc\u011f\u00fc \u00e7izgiden habersiz g\u00f6r\u00fcn\u00fcyor. As\u0131l mesele insanlar\u0131n nereden geldi\u011fi de\u011fil, bug\u00fcn nerede durdu\u011fudur. D\u00fcn ba\u015fka yap\u0131larda [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[286],"tags":[15,78,288],"class_list":["post-286290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-yazarlar","tag-chp","tag-kemal-kilicdaroglu","tag-ozgur-ozel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286290","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\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286291,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286290\/revisions\/286291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}