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Who Is Responsible For Fiasco In Egypt?

31.01.2015 13:47

It is always difficult to express your views freely. The expression of ideas bears some cost where there is no consolidated democracy. You are, of course, free to praise the political administration and argue that they are doing great. And it becomes very lucrative if you do so.However, expressing your views freely and raising objections to illegalities and oppression is risky. Well, some artists, writers and businessmen admit that they are remaining silent because they fear President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, since you may get into trouble because of a tweet or a TV series. You should not pay attention to the frequent references to the “parallel” arguments. It was communism, separatism or religious fundamentalism in the past; today, it is parallel; tomorrow, it will be something else. Your identity or ideology does not matter: Such varied people as Sedef Kabaş, Hasan Cemal, the Çarşı fan group, Hidayet Karaca, Atilla Taş, Muharrem Yılmaz, Berkin Elvan, Ali Ismail Korkmaz and former Presid

It is always difficult to express your views freely. The expression of ideas bears some cost where there is no consolidated democracy. You are, of course, free to praise the political administration and argue that they are doing great. And it becomes very lucrative if you do so.
However, expressing your views freely and raising objections to illegalities and oppression is risky. Well, some artists, writers and businessmen admit that they are remaining silent because they fear President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, since you may get into trouble because of a tweet or a TV series. You should not pay attention to the frequent references to the “parallel” arguments. It was communism, separatism or religious fundamentalism in the past; today, it is parallel; tomorrow, it will be something else. Your identity or ideology does not matter: Such varied people as Sedef Kabaş, Hasan Cemal, the Çarşı fan group, Hidayet Karaca, Atilla Taş, Muharrem Yılmaz, Berkin Elvan, Ali Ismail Korkmaz and former President Abdullah Gül all instantly became targets.
The witch hunt not only affects the ideological opponents of the political administration, but also those who could be considered Islamists, as well. Remaining silent or indifferent to what is being done wrong is not sufficient anymore. You need to fiercely attack those who are presented as enemies. This is why former pro-government figures were fired. They were expected to play the role of legionnaires. We still remember that Erdoğan told then-head of the Star Media Group Mustafa Karaalioğlu on a TV program that he should call the Hizmet movement a terror organization, not a religious community.
We should also remember what happened to Ömer Döngeloğlu, who retweeted a message by Irmak TV on the Holy month of Ramadan. Some Justice and Development Party (AKP) figures, including Professor Mazhar Bağlı, were blackmailed with the revelation of personal information. Döngeloğlu said he posted the tweet accidentally; but the partisans did not find this explanation sufficient and in the end, he had to apologize.
We should also pay attention to criticism raised by Humanitarian Aid Foundation (İHH) Chair Bülent Yıldırım in an interview with Genç Öncüler Magazine on the government's Middle East policy. In fact, some others have offered similar criticism. What makes Yıldırım's criticism important, however, is that those remarks were made by Bülent Yıldırım, who is known as a supporter of Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
In this interview, which all who support the AKP because of their Islamic sensitivities should read, Yıldırım makes the following confessions that make it necessary to reconsider the government's responsibility with regard to its Egypt policy and in the tragedy in Syria. He said: 1) The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) did not want to take part in the elections in Egypt, but they did because Turkey forced them to. This led to former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's failure. 2) It is true that Turkey sided with the opposition forces in Syria; however, Turkey should not have cut off diplomatic ties with the regime. 3) If the Turkish government had allowed us to pursue a legal case in the national courts in relation to the Mavi Marmara incident, things would have been different and Turkey should have supported the case filed with the International Criminal Court (ICC). Israel would have been convicted if the relevant documents had been referred to the ICC.
Yıldırım did not deny his words in the interview, but he attempted to deny the reports made of this interview, which actually confirms the abnormal conditions we are experiencing right now. The contradiction between the strong discourse raised against Israel and the realities on the ground is also interesting to note. Undoubtedly, the truth will be revealed some day, and how we were brought to this deadlock that led to the isolation of Turkey in the Middle East will be questioned eventually.

ABDÜLHAMİT BİLİCİ (Cihan/Today's Zaman)



 
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