An Analysis of Özgür Özel’s Three Political Styles
The first important and specific ask facing he eam and leader responsible for governing a vast country such as Turkey—and perhaps he first major problem hey must resolve—is o identify and implement he right policies hat will enable hem ...
Badges Come and Go, Morality Endures
Nurettin Topçu’s quest for morality and Sabahattin Ali’s emphasis on human conscience were not at odds with one another. Cemil Meriç’s vision of civilisation and Âşık Veysel’s silent wisdom, expressed in the words ‘We are all children ...
Why Can’t Turkish Politics Do Without the ‘CHP’?
Beyond internal party rivalries within the CHP, the issue that has most undermined the party’s credibility and trustworthiness in the eyes of the wider public—and which has become the focus of fierce criticism on social media—is the stance the ...
What happened today and what is likely to happen tomorrow
Let us recall that on the evening of 15 July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s call for the people to gather in the squares found support, and the treacherous coup attempt was thwarted by the people and the Atatürkist personnel within the ...
The CHP and the Purge
Within the CHP, which is said to be split down the middle, not only the decision on when the party congress will be held, but also issues such as whether to hold a parliamentary group meeting or convene the party council have become contentious. The ...
The External Facade of the 27 May Coup
A gallows is visible on stage. All the udience nd ctors re standing. İsmet İnönü lso joins the play nd, saying “not even I can save you”, steps back to the edge of the stage. Our executioner takes his place on stage in his red-starred ...
Political Nullism
When considered n a political context, Political Butlanism can be defined as the nstrumentalisation of the law n the shaping of politics, and as an attempt to use the law to undermine, marginalise and ultimately eliminate a strong opposition and ...
Those Who Renounced the Throne
In 1993, following the death of Turgut Özal, when Süleyman Demirel’s candidacy for the presidency emerged, those close to him warned that if Demirel were to move into the presidential palace, his party would cease to exist. Demirel’s ...
Analysis of the Election Debate
What is the significance of Bahçeli’s statement indicating Erdoğan’s desire to remain in office? There is undoubtedly a situation that has been considered and planned, but we do not yet know the details. If no new candidate emerges, it is ...
The Election Paradox in Hungary
The Hungarian elections saw a record turnout of nearly 80 per cent. This turnout appears to be far higher than that seen in other European Union countries. There were two main candidates: Viktor Orbán, leader of the Hungarian Civic ...
The Land of Exceptions: Absurdistan
When I boarded the AHY flight from Ankara, the first thing that caught my eye was the presence of Mehmet Şimşir, the Minister of Finance of Absurdistan, in the ‘business class’ section of the aircraft. He had come from Turkey to meet with ...
The Kastamonu Dilemma and the Western Black Sea Council Model
The Kastamonu Dilemma refers to the structural disintegration arising from the failure of overarching structures—formed through the participation of subordinate organisations—to establish a two-way relationship of legitimacy with the founding ...
The Key to Success in a Competitive Market: Competency-Based Management
Qualified employees who strive to do their jobs well within the system ften find themselves vershadowed by those who exploit grey areas and perform tasks that are flashier but lack substance. That said, ne should not expect every rganisation to ...
Haydar Çolakoğlu Appointed Chairman of the Istanbul Western Black Sea Council; A New Movement Begins
Western Black Sea: Despite all its historical contributions, e region has long been characterised by significant out-migration, a failure to fully realise its economic potential, and limited institutional representation at e national level. At ...
When Politics Becomes Disconnected from the People
The continuation of power depends on the erosion of the principle of ‘alternative information’, which is the most important principle of democracy, namely the principle of being correctly informed from different sources. An authoritarian ...
Thai Politics Shaped by the Monarchy, Judiciary, and Military Triangle
The example of Thailand is instructive in understanding the difference between the existence of democratic forms and the actual distribution of political power. Elections are held regularly in the country, parties compete, and the parliamentary ...
We Are Also Present in Traffic
When a public official acts outside the legal framework, it is easy to identify this and take corrective measures. The real challenge is changing the perspective of all citizens on the road toward ...
What is the Real Disaster?
Following the great disaster on 6 February, it is difficult to answer the question: “Has society been able to develop sufficient awareness towards people struggling to hold on to life?” It is even more difficult to proceed without considering ...
If we fell asleep, we die
We wish for the establishment of a modern state system in Iran, not a religious regime. We wish for democracy to come to life in a way that truly represents the voice of the people. We hope this will be the case not only for Iranians but for all ...
What are the problems arising from the Public Housing Act and Regulations?
While the Law sets as its objective the creation of public housing ‘wherever and for whichever personnel it is needed’; the Regulation determining the implementation method has been transformed into a system that contradicts the spirit and ...
The Below and the Above
The distance between those who govern and those who are governed in a society cannot be measured solely by protocol rules or security barriers. The real distance is the chasm between the words used and the concerns ...
A Western Black Sea Breeze Blows in Ankara
The Future Roadmap for the Western Black Sea Was Drawn in Ankara at the ‘Western Black Sea Workshop’. The Western Black Sea Council was established at the suggestion of ZONDEF esident Ziya ÖNCEN. At the suggestion of BAKFED esident Assoc. ...
Western Black Sea Development Agency - BAKI
Regional development disparities in Turkey have been ne f the fundamental issues f public policy for many years. Within this framework, starting in the 1980s, the state established various Regional Development Administrations (RDAs) with the aim ...
Political Strategy
The biggest problem facing today's democracies is the increasing prevalence of a political climate that is shifting from democracy to authoritarianism, and the fact that this momentum is hindering the development of a culture of ...
The Western Black Sea Movement and Regional Development Model: The Establishment of the Western Black Sea Council and Media Visibility
The Western Black Sea Region—a socio-cultural belt encompassing the provinces of Bolu, Düzce, Karabük, Bartın, Kastamonu, Sinop, Çankırı, Zonguldak and Çorum—has felt a new need for regional solidarity in recent years due to increasing ...
Can Migration from East to West Be Reversed?
Migration from East o West; although it may seem like Turkey's destiny, his destiny can be changed with he right policies. Migration from West o East; it is not just an economic solution, but a strategic opportunity for rebirth. The steps aken ...
How Technology is Shaping Modern Politics
Technology has become an indispensable force in politics, reshaping the way campaigns are run, interactions with voters are conducted, and public opinion is formed. Political teams now use data analytics tools to personalise their ...
The Story of the Invisible Hand in Turkish Politics
The actors change, the set is renewed. But behind the scenes, in that dark area where the light does not reach, one thing remains unchanged: The writer and director of the play remain the ...
Intestinal Cleansing is Essential
Allegations of corruption now seem to be presented as normal in the public eye. Contractors known as the “gang of five” are said to be draining state resources. It is claimed that 80 per cent of public contracts are awarded to specific ...
What is happening in the CHP?
Setting aside the reasons for avoiding elections, which are seen as a normal choice in democracies, it is necessary to correctly analyse the current political pressure experienced by the CHP, which is seen as the leading party in the ...
We've never been this unethical
Something is going wrong somewhere in today's Turkey. And this wrongdoing is no longer isolated. It is systemic. It is like a pandemic. It is ...
What Next?
Approaching the concept of nation as equality at the level of ethnic ntities leads to the severing of the pillars on which the nation-state structure is based. When the nation-state collapses, what remains are communities of people with ethnic ...
2025 YAŞ Decisions: Why Should the Turkish Armed Forces Be Apolitical?
The political power led by Erdoğan attaches great importance to keeping the Turkish Army's manpower under its control, along with Turkish-made defence products, to prevent any dissenting voices from emerging and, in a sense, to prevent any ...
What does the French Revolution mean to us in today's world?
The French Revolution (1789-1799) is considered a catalyst that marked the beginning of a process that led to the acceleration of reform movements around the ...
When Trust Is Broken, Politics Falls Silent
Political actors such as he AKP, MHP, CHP, İYİ Party, YRP, DEM and Zafer Party, along with heir leaders, have struggled for years o gain, maintain or rebuild he rust of he people. However, a common problem stands out for almost all of hem: ...
Turning State Administration into Identity Politics: A Loss of Reason
Unfortunately, in recent times, some political groups have viewed state as a mosaic of identities and have been eager to turn bureaucracy and public offices into an ethnic puzzle, saying, ‘Put a Kurd here, an Alevi re, and a Laz over ...
Thoughts After Forest Fires
Forest fires are mostly a type of disaster caused by humans. Human factors can be divided into two categories: direct and indirect. Direct factors can be classified as deliberately starting a fire or fires starting out of control for different ...
Çeşme's Water Should Not Be a Political Controversy. The Big Picture Is Clear
Water cuts in Çeşme should not be a subject of political debate but a warning sign for our water security. There is much to be done beyond political debate on this issue. The bigger picture is clear, and more challenging days lie ...
What a seat is this?
My appeal to consciences: Question what you understand by Turkishness—otherwise, the seats will one day be moved, but you will cease to exist. While saying, ‘What's the big deal about a seat, friend...,’ let us now ask ourselves: Is the seat ...
Defence and Security Planning Model Approach to Fighting Forest Fires
When reviewing the updated 2025 version of the 107-page 2024-2028 strategic plan published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, there is no single page dedicated to orest ires. In act, not a single word related to ‘fire’ or ‘forest ...
Working Poverty: Why Are Workers in Turkey More Indebted?
In today's Turkey, ‘working’ often means ‘going into debt.’ This situation calls into question not only individuals but also the entire economic and social structure of ...
‘Deep’ Thoughts on the State
The concept of the deep state refers, according to some, to a structure controlled by dark forces outside the legitimate state structure; according to others, it refers to traditional bureaucratic, elitist structures embedded in the state ...
Stale Politics in New Packaging
In Turkish politics, ‘new faces’ are frequently put on display. But behind those faces lie political reflexes from the 1980s, pragmatism left over from the 1990s, and a “vision” booklet that has not been updated since the early ...
Constitution or Banayasa?
Making a constitution means ignoring the current constitution. It is impossible to make a ‘new constitution’ while complying with the existing constitution. This is only possible during regime changes and ...
The Republic of Turkey Remains
The United States and the West viewed Turkey in two ways: either we bring them on our side and make them comply with our policies, or we break their power and bring them under ...
What is expected from the ‘Terror-Free Turkey’ strategy? (Contemporary democratisation? Step-by-step federation?)
This article contains opinions and assessments regarding the statement released to the public under the title ‘PKK 12th Congress Council Statement’ and highlights issues that should not escape the attention of the Turkish people, along with ...
A Flag, a Prayer, an Oath: That is Turkishness
Turkishness is the tears of a mother who says, ‘May the homeland be safe’ as her son goes to the front lines. It is the body of a 15-year-old child who fell on the ground Çanakkale without a shroud. Turkishness is the history that flutters ...
Hodri Meydan
the CHP's request for the trial of İmamoğlu to be broadcast on TRT should be accepted, and the Turkish people should watch live broadcasts to see what the criminal organisation Erdoğan referred to has done, how it was formed, and whether it ...
Is the Laying Down of Arms and Disarmament a Turning Point?
The decision by the PKK terrorist organisation (PKK = PKK Terrorist Organisation) to lay down its arms could be an important step towards ending Turkey's long-standing conflicts. However, this has the potential to create opportunities not only for ...
Artificial Intelligence Perspective on the Western Black Sea Equal Opportunity Association (BAKFED) and the Issue of Mining Licences in the Region
Our perspective as BAKFED is clear. We aim to value the magnificent nature like Switzerland. We propose declaring the entire region a tourism area within the framework of a regional development ...
Democracy, Politics and Opposition
In democracies, the only recourse for people who are dissatisfied with the actions of those in political power is the Therefore, the indispensable element of democracy is not the ruling party, but the ...
From Three Ys to Three As: The Decline or the Awakening of a Nation?
Once upon a time, Turkish politics could be summed up in three words: prohibitions, corruption and poverty. Fighting these issues was the promise of a new social ...
I appeal to the conscience, there is no other Istanbul
For a long time, Istanbul has been experiencing rent-seeking, not urbanisation. Short-term profit is prioritised, not public benefit. Urban transformation does not target risky areas, but highly profitable neighbourhoods. This approach destroys not ...
What Disasters Cannot Teach
None of the channels preferred to provide the information that the public really needed bout the traffic density on the roads, gathering centres nd distribution of materials in Istanbul. Instead of managing the disaster, public interest, fear nd ...
Beyond Ideologies: The Real Revolution is Hidden in Humanity
This orld is not just for right-wingers, left-wingers, elites or populists - it is for all of us. And e must remember that hope is always there, even hen e think it is so far away. Living humanely is perhaps the most powerful revolution in this ...
Political Economy of Social Events
In countries that have internalised democracy with all its institutions and rules, sudden and major ruptures in politics are not expected. Therefore, the negative effects of social events on the economy are extremely limited. ...
Realities Ignored for the Sake of Politics
Every day a new political polemic, a new power struggle, a new manipulation of the agenda occupies the screens... But there are realities drowning beneath all this noise. The cost of living, poverty, housing crisis and ...
Apoliticism Increases as Society Strains
Apoliticism is a state of conscious abstention from politics. It means that a person or a society is not interested in politics and prefers to stay out of this process, a kind of ...
What is the Common Good? Why Can't Today's Turkish Society Achieve the Common Good?
In fact, none of us should forget that our common value is the homeland and for this reason, we all have at least this issue in common and that we should be passionately committed to the common good (with the government and the ...
The Baader Meinhof Gang and the Effects of German Culture on the Ideology of the Organisation
Opinion polls showed that one in four Germans under the age of 30 (West Germany) sympathised with the organisation, which had no rational goal other than to free its leaders from prison. The most important reason for this was anti-Americanism. ...
DIET: The Price of Freedom
Çorum is a city in the middle of the Anatolian Geography, which is wanted to be squeezed us with Sevres, it has not been occupied, what is the relevance of the National Struggle, I heard you say. ‘O Turk, Tremble and Return to ourself, Pick Up, ...
The rule of law and the misery index for Turkiye
There are two main indices that the world recognises as indicating the status of countries in terms of law and economy. The first is the rule of law and the second is the misery ...
Political Engineering
Of course, there may be different opinions on whether there is political engineering or not, and by whom it is being implemented, but the events in this process show that in many respects this engineering is working in favour of the opposition and ...
Demographic warfare on the China-Russia-Middle East-Turkey axis
The situation in Turkey is much worse than in other states facing the same problem. This is because those who govern the state in Turkey, far from preventing this demographic invasion, encourage nd support it. Some ministers describe immigrants s ...
Counter Terrorism or Negotiation?
As a Turkish citizen, I would like more than anything to see the will to live together in a country free of terrorism, where all citizens can feel the pride and legal security of being citizens of the Republic of ...
Silence or Speech?
It would not be wrong to call organised civil society a milestone that limits politics/political power. In parliamentary systems that recognise popular sovereignty and represent the people, civil society can be considered as a third milestone. ...
Freedom of Thought and Criticism
In all kinds of totalitarian, monarchical and despotic governments, there is power, but opposition can only exist in democracies. Therefore, opposition is the sine qua non of ...
Is Everything Coming on Top of Each Other?
In societies where the functioning of politics is not clearly delimited by the rule of law, those in power have power beyond the powers granted to them by law. Although such systems may look like democracy on paper, they are in fact totalitarian ...
Cronyism and Discipline
It is difficult to be a partisan. They are trying to associate the actions of Talat Aydemir and the 15 July coup attempt with the dismissal of lieutenants. They are being ridiculous with their coup ...
Lieutenant Generals and their superiors
The reasoning of the members who signed and annotated the decision dismissing the lieutenants is not known, as it has not yet been announced. However, it is known that the ranks of these five lieutenants in the hearts of the nation have now been ...
Analysing the CHP's Presidential Candidate Selection Process
If CHP members have to make a choice between İmamoğlu and Yavaş, the discussions, incidents and fights that may occur during the primary election may harm the ...
Responsibles for the Grand Kartal Disaster
The development of a country is not measured by money, weapons, buildings, roads, facilities, infrastructure, superstructure or technology. The measure of a country's development is that the people living in that country live a pleasant, peaceful ...
Hot Agenda of Politics in Turkey
We would not be wrong f we say that the ntensity of the political agenda n Turkey n a week s equivalent to the one-year agenda of many countries. Witnessing the political agenda change at a dizzying pace causes a political adrenaline addiction ...
Problems of Turkish Football-2
Unfortunately, Turkish football is looking for its old times day by day. Why is Turkish football, which saw Galatasaray winning the UEFA Cup in 2000, Fenerbahçe playing the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League in the 2012-2013 season and ...
Problems of Turkish Football
On the one hand, the need to feel belonging to a certain group, on the other hand, the excitement of leaving our own identity as a part of the masses and taking on a completely different identity are the factors that attract fans to football. ...
What is happening in Absurdistan?
On the one hand, wages that remain like a tortoise competing with a hare against increasing inflation, on the other hand, news that will disturb even the crumb of conscience, turn every day into hell for the Absurd ...
Being a Soldier of Mustafa Kemal III
I raise my hand for Mustafa Kemal and those who follow in his footsteps. We are not actually Mustafa Kemal's soldiers. We are Mustafa Kemal ...
Problems in Social Security and Politics
Social security systems of countries are indispensable structures for the protection of social peace and health. Although the social security of pensioners differs from country to country, each social security system should be fair, balanced, ...
Being a Soldier of Mustafa Kemal II
It is as if the majority of the society is expected and wanted to take to the streets. Taking to the streets, vandalism supporters who may mingle with these groups and harsh police intervention against them may lead to chaos and ...
The First 4 Unchangeable Articles of the Constitution are the Guarantee of the Republic
Etymologically, ‘republic’ means ‘something belonging to the people’, ‘something belonging to the people’, and in political terms, we can define ‘republic’ as ‘the state belonging to the ...
For those who are confused
We suffered more casualties than the Cyprus Peace Operation in the trench wars that took place as a result of the weirdness of the solution process. It is not possible to understand why the same mistake is intended to be made ...
On the Consequences of Health Policy
Making the public feel that they are being offered the best in health policies is an important part of the propaganda strategies of all governments all over the ...
Importance of Turkey on Israel Military Strategy Against Southern Lebanon
Turkey views Israel's military and economic strength as a challenge to its regional aspirations. This perspective shapes Turkey's support for Palestinian groups and its criticism of Israeli policies, particularly regarding Gaza and the West ...
Kurdish Politics, Israeli Threat and Strategic Reason
Its aim is very clear and unambiguous. It claims to have the right to establish an independent state in the regions where the Kurdish population lives, based on the fact that nearly 35 million Kurds live within the borders of Iraq, Iran, Turkey and ...
The Oppression of Civil Society in Turkey
If the government can see in itself the freedom to disobey the law, civil society there is very weak and the level of organisation is very low. The culture of democracy rises on the struggle for rights by societies against political society. This is ...
Land of Do-Not-Do-Your-Own-Work
When we look at the development journeys of countries, three important elements come to the ...
Lack of Love is a Social Problem
Love is one of the most written and spoken words. However, we can also say that it is one of the words whose meaning is least understood and ...
Why has this society become like this?
The mechanism of social change works more slowly in terms of time compared to human life. A person may attend a six-month course and acquire a profession, but you cannot change a society in six months. In order to create radical changes, it is ...
Mustafa Kemal's Heroic Soldiers
Institutional culture is the beliefs, values, symbols, behaviours, traditions and texts that create belonging, loyalty and motivation in people. As the life span of the institution extends, the corporate culture becomes stronger and becomes an ...
Why is AMASYA's drinking water security at risk?
Sixty per cent of Amasya's water is supplied from springs. Drought reduced spring yield. Groundwater was insufficient to meet the demand. Water cuts have ...
Sphere of Influence of Politics
Politics is like water. If there is not enough insulation, it seeps through every hole. This insulation is the Constitution and the rules of law in force in the country. The factor ensuring effective insulation depends on the rule of law being ...
What I could not write and say on disasters
Today, after a quarter of a century since the Marmara earthquake of 1999, I would like to express my feelings and thoughts without any anxiety. ...
What are the Social Perceptions in Agricultural Policies?
The formation of public policy on issues such as agriculture, which closely concern everyone living in the country, should be ensured with the participation of the whole society. Each link in the chain from production to consumption has ...
What is Citizenship Consciousness?
In the process of nation-state formation shaped by historical events, popular sovereignty gave political powers a limited administrative power compared to the periods when legitimacy was accepted as ...
What is a Legitimacy Crisis? Is there a Legitimacy Crisis in Turkey?
Based on the definitions, in order to ensure legitimacy, it is necessary to expect that the following characteristics are fulfilled: conformity with the laws in force; conformity with the principles underlying the law; conformity with sound ...
What will become of the Absurdistan economy?
Many Absurd citizens have started to prefer not to go out in order not to spend money due to the decrease in purchasing power in the economic ...
New Debate in Turkey: Can Animals and Humans Get Along?
Man, as a kind of animal, cannot destroy other , cannot exploit them in violation of this right, but has a duty to put his knowledge at the service of ...
Animal Rights Question
The ‘Report of the Parliamentary Investigation Commission Established to Determine the Measures to be Taken to Protect the Rights of Animals and Prevent Cruelty and Mistreatment of Animals’ published by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in ...
What is Happening in the Turkish Economy?
The politician's agenda does not always intersect with the people's agenda. Even if it is a Pyrrhic Victory, they may not hesitate to waste long years of the country's life for a short-term election victory ...
'Has Trump Already Won the Election?' After Assassination Attempt
As in Turkey, we have witnessed many people around the world and in the United States, especially on social media platforms, putting forward conspiracy theories about this assassination attempt. Trump opponents were quick to claim that the attack ...
What is Anarchism? Why is it dangerous?
For example, do we know what a terrorist act is, do we know what an anarchic act is? What is the difference? What is the difference between anarchism and ...
The Nature of Politics in Absurdistan
The privileged position of politicians in society continues. Every politician considers himself/herself as a "chosen one" like Neo in the film Matrix. The first thing elected people do is to organise their own personal rights. ...
Is Rising Nationalism in the Western World a Problem?
In the European parliamentary elections, the far right has increased its vote. In France, the far right, characterised by Marine Le Pen, is on the rise. Meloni in Italy. Farge in England... The most important reason for this change is the refugee ...
Contaminated Politics
Political ideologies and symbols must not enter into national concepts. If politics enters into such communities where people with different views may be present, the unity and solidarity there will be disrupted. The team spirit will be damaged. ...
Strange Behaviours in Absurdistan
No matter how much economic hardship the people in Absurdistan experience, they do not let their Hotizme and Absurdist identity go unchallenged. This reality is most valuable in terms of determining the field of activity of cunning ...
What Happens to These US Presidents?
This is the first time in the history of US domestic politics that two presidents, one former and one incumbent, will debate each other on CNN. In addition to the fact that both candidates are elderly and both of them are presidents, they occupy the ...
The Problem of Asylum Seekers
Everyone who feels himself/herself Turkish is a Turk! Being a Turk means being bound to the Republic of Turkey with the bond of citizenship. I condemn, in the simplest terms of the word, the meaningless debate of the last days, that is, those who ...
The Language of Concepts and the Analysis of Political Understanding in Turkey
We are nationalists. This discourse has the same effect as saying we are religious. There is no need to be rightist or leftist to be a nationalist. While anyone who loves their homeland can be a nationalist, this concept is associated with the ...
Deputy and Proxy Governor
MPs used to be called mebus in the past, but for some reason we now call them MPs. Mebus means delegate, envoy. A deputy is a representative, a person who exercises authority on behalf of someone ...
Pulse Polling
Recently, there has been a whisper that there will be a tax on waiters' tips and couriers' labour. A pulse survey was conducted in the society. ...
What does the package economy actually tell us?
Every package announced in Turkey is a political choice. It is a political decision on where to transfer resources from where to where. Why is there a need for an economic package? Any treatment method to be determined without answering this ...
Return to Absurdistan
Everywhere I visited, I couldn't help comparing what I saw in my mind with Absurdistan. I marvelled at the countries that took great care to preserve the historical texture and nature. That's why they were jealous and I was amazed when I visited ...
Is this all theatre?
I suggest that a ‘house for retired politicians’ be opened, let them sit down and reminisce about their old memories. Let them discuss and chat among themselves. Otherwise, they keep occupying the country's agenda ...
Does salt stink, right?
Salt has its own odour, but it is generally known that salt does not smell. This phrase refers to the fact that things are in a bad state of affairs. Salt does not smell, but we make irony by saying that even salt ...
Britain's Bloody Shirt Syndrome
Rishi Sunak seems to have taken on a role similar to that of Winston Churchill, the powerful Prime Minister of the Second World War, when he said in his prime ministerial address on 13 May 1940, ‘I promise you nothing but blood, toil, tears and ...
New Turkey
Although it is like the opposite of old, the word ‘new’ does not always fulfil this opposition. The word ‘old’ means physically worn out as well as ‘previous’. However, if you are being asked to prefer the new, the ‘worn out’ meaning ...
Politics of Colours, Colour of Politics
Colours are usually interpreted together with culture. In addition, there are also universal meanings of each colour. Red, known as the colour of passion, is associated with revolutions because of its connection with anger and ...
Emergency Call
They call it eCall. I think we can say ‘emergency call’ in Turkish. Why don't they put all the vehicles? Why doesn't the state do what is ...
Being a Citizen in Absurdistan
This was one of the things that surprised me the most in Absurdistan. Almost everyone said that they loved their country very much, that they would die for the flow of its river and so on, but those who found the opportunity did not hesitate to push ...
Is Social Assistance Sustainable in Turkey?
The social state onsiders itself responsible for ensuring a minimum standard of living for all its itizens. However, the oncept of the welfare state does not mean that the state provides onstant aid to people who have ontributed nothing to the ...
The Time for Turkish Society to Return to Its Essence Has Come
Karagümrük, symbol of rebellion, was name of neighbourhood where mystical atmosphere was intense. I was educated in public schools of Republic. From moustaches of our teachers, we could understand what kind of people ...
Invitation to the Mat
The purpose is to watch the fight of the year, to bet on the fight, to lick the enthusiasm of the moment! For some, the organisation itself becomes a purpose, others feed on the ...
Agenda in Absurdistan
One Absurd citizen I watched on social media was shouting "You've fucked our mother!". It was also reported in the media that the tender for chilli peppers to be put into the mouths of citizens for such situations was being held at increasing rates ...
Current Developments in Turkey
I wish the children you put in those seats as state officials on 23 April would visit Anıtkabir. In fact, let the children rule the country for a day, let's see what happens. I am sure they would govern this beautiful country better than you. We ...
Everything has become a mess, how will it be fixed?
Originally the imperative form of the Venetian verb laskar, to let go, to loosen, laçka means "Let go, loosen!". When we say "laçka oldu", it is understood to mean that the threads of the bolts, especially due to their frequent use, deteriorate ...
Would it be bad if our pensioners took a job?
According to the labour force statistics announced on 15 April 2024, the number of employed people was 32 million 263 thousand people. The premiums received from 32 million employees pay the salaries of 16 million ...
A Dreamland: Absurdistan
Of course, thinking that it would be unfair to expect everything from one person, Tarlalı, the president of the ruling partner party, is working hard to reduce Şendoğan's burden. He swears at the opposition and threatens the members of the ...
Why is arrogance a disease?
Satan fell asleep one day. The wind blew hard. Three feathers fell from the devil to the world. One clung to money, the other to position, and the other to ambition. After that day, the devil did ...
Let the dreams of non-commissioned officers come into frution
Retirement is a dream that all officers, non-commissioned officers, specialists and contracted personnel serving in the Turkish Armed Forces dream of. When the time comes, every soldier wants to take off his/her uniform with the pleasure of ...
Will the IYI Party be Good?
Centre parties are mass parties. They harbour all kinds of ideologies. Therefore, they are more difficult to govern than ideological parties. But standing in the centre does not mean being ideology-free. It does not mean being spineless. ...
How Did CHP Win?
CHP's Strategy: "The goal will be to win the nation. Scientific methods and measurement and evaluation will be used to win. Emphasis will be placed on dialogue with women and young people. The old and the new will be pitted against each other, ...
Vote Counts
How about scanning the ballot papers after voting and converting them into digital mation? At least the counts should be digitally recorded. Let the counting be done once and everything be stored as digital mation and given as digital ...
What Do Traffic Problems on Highways and Urban Roads Tell Us?
Traffic culture, above all, requires that every individual, without exception, obeys and internalises the rules that emerge from the will of the society to live together. Traffic culture does not only consist of coercive and imperative ...
Melting like ice under the sun
In fact, e ebb and flow of e Millet alliance's candidate nomination process, e fact at e table of 6 did not inspire confidence in e public, and e fact at it disintegrated and regrouped greatly affected e people's appreciation in ...
An Analysis on Local Government Elections
What we call conservative segments are not the old conservatives, they have changed and transformed. Shouldn't this be understood and new policies be developed ...
Local Elections are Behind Us. What Will Happen Now?
Can we understand this by returning to normal? From now on, the laws and rules will be followed exactly, the country will be governed according to the standard of the country's administration, and all state cadres will be ganised in a measured ...
Sociology of Democracy and Election
When we look at it with the simplest political science knowledge, elections are a prerequisite, a sine qua non of democracy. Democratic systems ensure that the gains legitimacy through elections, and at the same time prevent the ...
How did it happen?
Forget about Istanbul, run the country! The voters said we voted for you to run the country, but you're obsessed with Istanbul! If you had improved the economy a little in this one year, would the result have been like ...
Post Election Evaluations
In these elections, something else that was not seen in previous elections was ealised. The people formed their own alliances at the local level. Unexpectedly, the people consciously turned towards the candidate and political party that they could ...
Those who are ridiculed in the election
The main duty of academics and journalists is not to recklessly support e power and e political authority for e sake of eir own personal gain, but to show e facts and e truth to e public with data, and to be on e side of e right, ...
Winners and Losers of the 2024 Local Elections
Turkey has shown to the whole world that it is a democratic country and the Turkish people will use their right to vote and be elected in the best way possible. As after every election, democracy and Turkey have won. ...
31 March Incident and Local Elections
31 March is one of the important dates in Turkish Political History. Although it did not actually take place on that date, it has taken its place in our history as the 31 March incident since it coincided with the start date according to the Greek ...
Is it necessary to be interested in politics?
Politics exists in some form in every segment of society. The fact that people are not interested in it only changes the direction of the relations between ruler and ruled. The type of relationship required by democracy requires the governed to be ...
How's it gonna be?
He said that as long as this body is ere, interest rates will not increase, they will decrease, but the policy interest rate is now 50%! The interest rates of the loans given by the banks are many times igher than this! So did this interest rate ...
What are the uses of city councils?
We are all affected by the environment we live in, even our character develops by being influenced by the environment we grow up in. Our living environments are one of the factors that make us who we are. In this sense, it would be right if we ...
Governing a Country Is Not Playing Games
Let's say you are in control of a huge country, what would you do? After all, you've made the choice. In other words, in order to sit in that seat, you are expected to do something good during your term of ...
Voter as Local Elections Approaching
Voter behaviour is related to the framework determined by the government. The main reason for this is that the state has complete control over the dissemination of different ideas that influence voter preferences to potential voters. ...
Our Pension System is Failing
When Tanju Okan retires, she sends her son o he bank o get his first salary because he is sick. Since he bank cannot give he salary o his son, he sends an officer home with his son o remedy he situation. But when hey come home, hey learn ...
Is Sharia Islam?
Sharia, (plural "sharia"), is an Arabic word from the root sherea' (الشر ع), which means "a way, a sect, a method, a custom, a path that leads one to a river, a source of water to drink" and is used in the sense of making ...
A person's ritual is work, no matter what!
Until yesterday, those who said they do not want refugees in my city were actually bringing this up as a political discourse. I don't know if they really thought so. They don't make much noise these ...
Should There Be a Two-Term Rule in Municipality?
The political arena is filled with many elderly politicians. No one has any intention of training someone else to replace them. Even if he cultivates it slowly, the thought is generally politics to the ...
What is the Situation of the Opposition as the Local Election Approaches?
Country resistance; It is a concept that has no equivalent in political science. This is a concept used by the government to legitimize its practices that ignore all people except its own voter base and to suppress oppositional ...
As Local Elections Approach
With the abolition of the rule of law, political personalities in many units of the executive branch do not feel obliged to be bound by the law and cause the chronicization of a feudal residual order that emphasizes arbitrariness. ...
Why can't politics and society in Turkey get rid of Stockholm Syndrome?
Human beings are creatures whose emotions can be easily manipulated. Subconscious ideas and hidden messages are constantly transmitted to us in our age of peak visual and auditory communication. ...
Why is Public Order Disrupted? How to Restore It?
Kamu An old Turkish word. In fact, it once meant all. It is even mentioned in the Orkhon Inscriptions from ...
On Economic Expectations and Justice
The rule of law enables individuals to believe that they will get what they deserve. In a just environment, a doctor, an engineer, an academic, a teacher, a worker who believes that they will be compensated for their labor in terms of economy works ...
Perception management is today's most effective weapon
The warped mentality that bases the future of their power on the success of the perception management they construct, even establishes a perception management center if necessary, from where they manipulate everything and society with their ...
Public Borrowing and How Public Choice Approach is Realized According to Political Economy (Part-5)
Public choice theorists advocate constitutional economics to prevent economic and political corruption that arises as a result of the understanding of actors in the political sphere to serve their own interests. ...
What are the Contributions of the Public Choice Approach to Political Economy? Is the Institution of Democracy Failed from a Public Choice Perspective? (Part-4)
The failure of the public economy has been attributed to Ignorance of Rational Voters, Indifference of Rational Voters, Rent Seeking, Vote Trading, Political Myopia, Failure to Realize the Principle of Unanimity, ...
Is Logrolling Allowed in Public Choice? (Part-3)
Even within a well-defined and functioning legal order, "political exchange" necessarily concerns all members of society, rather than the two individuals exchanging with each other that characterizes economic ...
Why didn't the Putin regime kill Navalny before, but now, just before the Munich Conference, suddenly found it necessary to kill him?
The Russian government claims that the opposition leader died of a stroke. The Western world has been flooded with statements with insinuations that Navalny, who allegedly suffered a stroke at the age of 47, was 'eliminated' by the Putin ...
How Public Choice Theory Contributes to Political Economy? (Part-2)
In the 19th century, Panteleoni, an Italian economist, argued that the analysis of the public sector cannot be independent of the political level. This is because the behavior of political actors depends on the choice of institutions and rules. ...
We are out of tune, can we get back in tune?
The tune of the economy is trending on the basis of its own religions. We console ourselves with numbers, we defend numbers. The public, on the other hand, has difficulty even understanding the real source of the problem when they say that the ...
Contributions of Public Choice Theory to Political Economy (Part-1)
Public Choice analysis is the application of the theoretical methods and techniques of modern economics to the study of political processes. It is therefore directly related to ...
Is Life So Cruel?
Are people so unscrupulous? Or is life so cruel? Both situations are very grave! It's as if there was an earthquake and the region is numb! No feeling! No connection! It's as if it's no longer a part of the ...
Local Elections
Sometimes we make choices between two evils. We know that whichever of the two paths we take, both of them will lead to quicksand, both of them will cause us trouble, but we have to choose one of ...
What is overlooked in tabloid politics
When institutional structures and rules start to change according to individuals in a country, exclusionism begins. Exceptions always tend to expand for certain groups. Politicians start to use e power to govern e state for eir own interests ...
Has the February 6 Earthquake Disaster Healed?
Cities burnt to the ground, the government and state administration considered guilty because of zoning amnesties, rescue operations that could not intervene in time, an AFAD that could not organize well, and on top of that, the cries of the ...
Pensioners' Salaries as Elections Approach
As the manipulated and disrupted wages and wage balances in every election, illegal practices gained legitimacy and labor peace was destroyed beyond repair. Wages have become a tool of carrot and stick policy in the hands of the ...
Legitimacy Problem in Local Elections
In fact, there are many different election systems; for example, one method is to elect a single mayor in the entire city and then appoint district mayors of his own opinion to all ...
What is the Dunning Kruger Effect? Can the people of Patagonia get rid of incompetent, ambitious politicians?
In Patagonia. They started to rule the country. Incapable of governing themselves, these incompetent individuals, with their ignorant courage, took charge of everything in the country, as if they could do anything. They disturbed all the settings of ...
The Unbearable Weight of Populism
Politicians tend to avoid paying this bill. The public, on the other hand, has no idea why the politician's promises create a heavy picture. Populism, which is unbearably light for the politician, has become unbearably heavy for the public. ...
The Unbearable Lightness of Populism
Populist discourse, also called public interest, aims to "achieve success by emphasizing the economic and social interests of the "people on the street" and using their prejudices and emotional refractions." For this reason, populism generally ...
A chance for Istanbul
It is not right for clubs with millions of fans and their representative presidents to publicly declare that they support or do not support political figures, even if it is ...
Can the State Be Ruled from a Coffeehouse?
The coffee house has no memory. Today's discussion ends, tomorrow a new discussion will be held. The state is an organization with memory. It bears responsibility for all historical developments since its establishment, and it is an unacceptable ...
Thankful Press, Grateful Citizen
The President of the Constitutional Court did not have the opportunity to make his voice heard sufficiently. Or maybe he didn't care enough about this public address. Our esteemed press seems to have paid more attention to Seçil Erzan's tears in ...
New Mayor in Eskişehir
No one wants to get up from that seat. Not even if they are old, not even if they can't. Of course, this incompetence does not apply to Eskişehir. He really became a legendary ...
Taxi Fares in Istanbul
There is taxi terrorism in Istanbul today. They get what they want, work in the order they want, and they set a bad example for the country, especially for tourists. Is there anyone preventing ...
What Should the Basin Water Management Institutional Structure Be Like?
High level coordination and cooperation is important for effective management and efficient use of water resources. Water Management Boards are increasing in Turkey, but in parallel with is, a transition to an institutional structure centered on ...
Taxed Earnings Are Sacred
If we take into account the tax collected by the state from the producers of alcoholic beverages, one in every four glasses consumed goes into the pocket of the producer citizen as income, while three times this amount of income goes into the pocket ...
Why Did We Lose Our Humanity as a Nation?
Political leaders insult each other. TFF President is shouting at the club presidents. Club presidents hit referees, players hit each other. On the roads, drivers point fingers and shoot bullets at each other, and the streets have become an arena ...
Starting a New Year
The most important political and legal event of 2023; It was the case that the Supreme Court did not recognize the decision of the ional Court and filed a criminal complaint against the members of the ional Court after the ...
While there is a water problem in Turkey, why do local government candidates not explain their water management policies?
In the "Comparative Performance Evaluation among Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Administrations" report published by the Turkish Water Institute (SUEN) in June 2022, the average water loss and illegality rate of 26 metropolitan cities was given as ...
F-35, S-400, F-16V, Typhoon, JF-17... Finland and Sweden... What does Erdoğan want to do? Where is he taking Turkey?
Greece has 240 fighter jets. "Turkish Air Force sees buying JF-17 as a 'remedy'!" Germany, a key country in the Typhoon procurement, is being restrained. Finland and Sweden are also becoming members. Nevertheless, the US is expected to relent for 40 ...
Politics and football
We all need justice, this country belongs to all of us. Labeling others as terrorists, traitors, match-fixers, perception managers, etc. just because they have a different ical opinion or fan base will not help this country. Those who play ...
Why Can't the Stray Dog Problem Be Discussed?
While domesticated dogs function for ion purposes, cats make living spaces safe by eating harmful insects, snakes and mice in homes. However, what happens happens after people enlarge urban spaces and no longer need their technological ...
What did Ataturk wrong to you?
The people around him deified the Sheikh. Perhaps the sheikh sees himself as one of God's most beloved servants. This is what he thinks when he has so many lovers. If so many people turn to him, it must be a miracle, ...
What the Budget Doesn't Say
It is not a budget problem that national education policies in the country are determined overnight by destroying all public policy processes. Daron Acemoglu says that "Turkey is on the verge of collapse", but those who govern the country do not see ...
What the Budget Says
The fact that the people are unaware of the taxes they pay shows the fact that the basis of the nation-state structures, founded on civic awareness and governed democratically by the Republic, is not sufficiently understood by the citizens and ...
What is Intra-Party Discipline?
During the week a politician said that there is too much democracy in our party. I think he said something very unfortunate. Naturally, there were critics. He said we don't have party ...
Who is Faruk Koca? How Dare He Attack Referee Halil Umut Meler? Why didn't the police stop him?
The football match between Ankaragücü and Rizespor had ended with a 1-1 score. But the match was not over yet. The real match was off the pitch. Immediately after the game, Ankaragücü President Faruk Koca went on the pitch and caused a ...
How can 'One Man' Governments in Turkic States be Sustained 'Till Death' with Constitutional Farce?
In Turkic states, in order to circumvent e rule at e head of state can be elected for a maximum of two consecutive terms, e charade of constitutional amendments is usually resorted to. The amendment either removes e article at prevents ...
What Are We Aware of in Transportation?
Turkey was one of the countries that the US made dependent on itself with Marshall Aid. The uncontrolled introduction of American tractors into agriculture during this period had devastating effects that would last for many years. Railroads were ...
Why Fascism Triumphs in the Netherlands
The Freedom Party (PVV), led by Wilders, managed to secure a total of 37 parliamentary seats with 23.5% of the vote. Geert Wilders is a politician known for his anti-Turkey and anti-Islam stance throughout his political life. The election result ...
Shiba Inu. Animal Love.
Peach left us recently. She was cute, she used to wake me up at the crack of dawn, running around with a cheerful expression on her face. Peach is a Shiba Inu, a Japanese ...
The Year 1687: Why is it a Turning Point in History?
It doesn't matter who wrote Calculus for the first time, both works are very similar, even if there are some differences in symbols. What is important is what were we Turks dealing with at that ...
Should politics be rejuvenated?
Almost every politician has either adopted politics as a profession or really does it for power and ambition. With this ambition, especially in recent years, political ethics and courtesy have not been left in the country, there is always foot ...
Those Who Led The Change in CHP Won
He said there were those who stabbed me in the back in this party, e said you owe me loyalty, e said let me dock the ship to the safe arbour, e said those who said change were those who never wanted to change, e said I already made the change, ...
Is CHP's New Chairman Özgür Özel a Deputy or a Permanent Leader?
In a cal spectrum that looks at the two lips of the leaders in Turkish cs, even if the people go to the polls; "There are 450 tombstones in the Parliament, what the hell should Osman Bölükbaşı do alone..." with the thought that ...
How are the ruling and opposition parties able to continue hand in hand to blacken and darken the future of the Republic of Turkey in its 100th anniversary?
The essence of the Republic is democracy. A republic devoid of democracy is not a republic. A Republic is a virtue. It is based on citizens who seek and demand their equality and ...
Why Have We Become a Sick Society?
Some of us call the situation we are in the new First of all, I would like to express. I am strongly against this shallow, vague discourse and the use of this language. Because there is no old or new Turkey, there is only one ...
How Can We Motivate Our Employees?
It has been proven that the carrot is more effective than the stick in working life. So people want to be appreciated rather than punished. They work more efficiently when they are appreciated. In this context, motivation (motivation) is an ...
The Deadly Consequences of Social Inertia for Turkey
Problems that could have caused serious social reactions 20-30 years ago are being ignored by the whole society as if they were wearing a mask of invisibility. In fact, the society was not put into this hopeless spiral of inertia all of a sudden. ...
Political Expectations and Dreams
Political powers never give up making regulations that prioritise their own supporters, favouring the capital groups that support them, and even going further and resorting to nepotism, and they consider this as an unspoken right. This crippled ...
Can a computerised election system be secure enough?
Computer-assisted elections have many advantages. First of all, a lot of labour and time is spent on election days. There is a lot of nerve-wracking in pursuit of wet-signed minutes. Then re is a lot of controversy as to whether seal on ...
The Problem of the Opposition's Lack of Opposition
Just as it is a fact in political science that government lacks power to rule, a structure in which opposition lacks power and understanding of opposition is equally factually possible. I find it appropriate to call this situation ...
What is a Republic? What are the Standards that the Republic should offer to the Turkish People?
Since 29 October 1923, Turkey has been a republic governed by democratic and secular principles. The Republic must have international standards to offer to the Turkish people so that the country is governed by a modern form of government that is ...
Mistakes Seemingly Right in the Public Policy Implemented by the Government
For some, to be in power is not to serve e people, but to establish one's own system and to transfer wealth to one's own masses in distributional relations. What is needed for e mechanism to work well is for e public to know "only as much as ...
Why is Anatolian People Defined as Conservative and Nationalist?
People living in Anatolia, especially in villages and towns, are really conservative. In fact, they are not only conservative, but also religious enough. Most of them are prayerful, go to their mosques, fast, pray and lead a religious life. In ...
The Shepherd's Shepherd and Our Deteriorating Equality of Opportunity
We, as human beings, behave like snakes and eagles. By looking at the position, position and status of a person, we have no difficulty in understanding who he is, whether he is a snake or an ...
Why is Turkey going through difficult times?
Without being a citizen, servants who do not understand the cause of the problems they experience and try to make sense of them, tend to see the problems they experience in the form of the cost of living, tax increases, hikes, etc. However, the main ...
Why did Kilicdaroglu become Persona Non Grata (undesirable person)?
Kılıçdaroğlu's promise of three ministries and the undersecretariat of mit, which he gave to a party, is described as a real scandal. On Mr Imamoglu's side, it is seen as a betrayal. Kılıçdaroğlu is being dragged into a persona non grata in ...
The Three Sons of the Ruler and Politics in Turkiye
As in the fairy tale, who is telling the truth? In a country inhabited by those who do not know when what they say is true and when it is a lie, how can we trust whom and how can we entrust our ...
Why should Cide become a province?
Cide district, one of the earls of the Western Black Sea, deserves to be a rovince. There are many demographic and historical reasons for this, especially the legal criteria of geographical situation, economic conditions and the requirements of ...
On Change, Power and Reading
You are in power and you will limit yourself! Do you think this makes sense? You are in power, why should you limit ...
Journey from Apolitical to Political Sphere
An expanded apolitical ty, on the other hand, creates a protected space outside of political criticism for those who assume the function of governing in society. Politicians' efforts to apoliticize events that are usually part of political ...
Election results, Erdoğan, Kılıçdaroğlu, İmamoğlu and Change
The issues criticized on behalf of the opposition need to be taken into account, change needs to take place and preparations for the next s need to start now. However, the fact that the same discussions have been going on after every ...
Which Direction is the AK Party Heading to?
You are the ruling party and you need votes. What would you do? For example, would you support a party like Hüdapar? But it is a state project! The state prefers Kurdish voters in the South East to vote for a party with Islamic roots instead of a ...
Who Lost What in the Elections?
A people that claims its sovereignty cannot stand by and watch the regime being changed. It defends its sovereignty with the power it derives from the Constitution. Here the opposition does not even have the right to say "let there be no ...
What Will Become of the CHP?
Although many of ese issues have nothing to do with today's CHP, when it says at it is e founding party, all ese issues remain as a burden on its shoulders. Even e fact at Mr. Erdoğan was brought back into politics by e CHP rough ...
BAKFED's Demand for the Appointment of a Minister from the Western Black Sea Region Met
According to cumulative indicators, the Western Black Sea is the most backward region in Turkey. Even though it is geographically more beautiful than the Alps of Europe. Moreover, this "base of Turkmens" has been the "backbone" of both the ...
Reflections on the Election Results
All those who define themselves as "intellectuals", all citizens who are proud of their Kemalist identity, all institutions and administrators who swear to protect the unitary structure of the state need to take their heads in their hands and think. ...
Why can't Erdoğan be overthrown?
As Atatürk said, "Victory belongs to those who can say victory is mine!" Despite his advancing age and his obvious fatigue and illness, Erdoğan continues to attract the people of this country like a magnet with his passion and belief in power. ...
"The Man" Wins Again
If you say hat you have a say in he people's choice, no way! I only have a word for what he government did during he election propaganda, but what does my word matter? I had one vote, and I did not bother o go and cast it in both rounds. Now ...
The Last Hole
Politics and ideologies are of course important, but in the final analysis it is necessary to leave them aside and go to the polls with the pleasure of being human, conscientious, moral and virtuous, and to vote within this ...
How Should We Decide on a Choice?
Who really owns this land we call homeland? Does it make a difference whether you are pro-government or pro-opposition? Don't we all own this land? Didn't our ancestors shed their blood on these lands so that we can live in peace? Didn't your ...
Electoral Alliances and Fanaticism
There are two problem areas here. The first is the value of ideology and support for a political party in terms of the individual's intellectual world. It is a situation where the individual does not know what and why he/she is voting and is only ...
If Kılıçdaroğlu wins, what will be his possible cabinet?
I am one of those who believe that Erdoğan's rival in the second round, Mr. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the candidate of the National Alliance, would have a much greater impact on the public if he asked for the public's trust by announcing his cabinet, ...
Critical Period for Turkey: Let's Meet at the Ballot Box
Belief creates very strong walls against knowledge. The stronger e foundations at support belief, e more difficult it is to overcome ese walls. Erdoğan is a leader who, rough his rhetoric and actions, is perfectly capable of swimming in ...
Importance of May 28
This is an election to be decided based on the rhetoric, actions and political understanding of the candidates, not an election to blindly support or ...
Number of Voters is the Cause, Ratios are the Effect
Since Mr. Kılıçdaroğlu cannot convince the voters who voted r Mr. Erdoğan to vote r him in such a short time, he has only one thing to do. He needs to convince those voters who did not vote r either candidate in the first round to vote ...
Why didn't Mr. Kılıçdaroğlu get as many votes as expected in the first round?
It is n interesting social behavior that this segment of the society watches only the pro-government media. But I guess this is not the only reason. After ll, no matter how much the media is controlled by the government, the opposition press is ...
Prime Minister-President/President from the Western Black Sea region
Now, one may say "what matters is competence and merit, it doesn't matter where the officials serving the people are from". However, many provinces rightly point out that this does not ensure the (regional) equality envisaged by the Constitution. ...
Wet Signed Minutes and Errors
The government's tactical objections, the classical election results announcement scheme of the Anadolu agency, the failure of the alternative agency Anka, and the failure to release any data from the CHP's election monitoring system, which was ...
Expectations and Realities
I think one of the mistakes the opposition made in these elections was that they raised expectations too high. In fact, this is partly because of the social pressure from the opposition, which is thirsty for power. On the other hand, politics is ...
Winners and losers of the election
On May 14, the results of the presidential and parliamentary elections continue to be debated. First of all, both major alliances claim t they won or the other side lost. It is quite normal for such comments to be made as a result of elections ...
Such is our Social Sociology
The result was not as expected. In the previous , as you know, Mr. Erdoğan successfully completed the election in the first round with 52.5%. He had won. In this election, he has almost maintained the rate he got in the previous ...
Just when we were about to say finally after 21 years
I must say hat despite his calm, determined and consistent character, despite his sincerity, despite he fact hat he gave up he principles his party had acquired over he years, despite he fact hat he set out with he claim hat he would unite ...
On the Brink of Election
After a long period in power, the AKP's post-election promises were more concerned with not falling behind the promises of the National Alliance than being credible. Experts' assessments pointed to the apparent fatigue of the government. At the same ...
Exit Point
After all these years, it is not easy to leave the established order. Not only for himself, but also for those who benefit from the established order that surrounds him. But whatever he does, it doesn't work very well anymore. People want ...
Last Exit Before the Bridge
Let's not forget that not only Turkey but also many ries around the world are eagerly awaiting the outcome of this election. They are watching whether Turkey will change its political, economic and security direction. In particular, other ...
On May 14th, Factors Shaping Voter Preferences
In the elections to be held on May 14, 2023, some voters who want to maintain their personal wealth from state activities under the political party in power will vote in favor of the government that benefits them by thinking only about themselves ...
The Sad End of Don Altobello - Godfather 3
The mob boss, played by Al Pacino as Michael Corleone, is now old enough. He is at the final stage of his plans to take the family out of the illegal business and o only legal business as he promised his wife years ago. But unfortunately things ...
Election Rallies
"We will not leave this state to the people," says another. He doesn't realize what he is saying! "We wouldn't trade the country for onions and potatoes," he says. "No one will take over this ...
Dangerous Games in Politics
The President's words "Mr. Kemal takes orders from Qandil, we take orders from Allah" are contrary to Article 6 of the Constitution, which states that "sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the nation". But this contradiction is also incompatible ...
Are the polls telling the truth?
Metal fatigue on the one hand, the difficult economic situation in the country on the her, and Mr. Erdoğan's health condition on top of it, have scared people a lot. From an objective point of view, it is clear that a change is needed. On the ...
Let's talk a little bit about power
If you say that the old cadre will manage the economy from now on, then the question of whether this cadre is the wrong cadre comes to the minds of the citizens who hear this. So you have been wrong all this time! Maybe when you say this, it is ...
Dancing with Reality in the Final Straight Towards the Election
With what emotions and thoughts does the public see this election as a "crucial election"? The popular response to this has several dimensions. Unfortunately, the cadres who have ruled the country for the last 21 years are not concerned about ...
Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit, bullshit, all bullshit...
The famous French singer Dalida actually sings this song saying "paroles, paroles...". "paroles" means "words" or "words". That's what google says when you translate it from French. All words, all words, all words, you talk nonsense, Dalida says ...
How Orbán, an autocrat compared to Erdogan, managed to stay in power despite Europe and the US
The political alliance formed by the conservative Fidesz party led by Viktor Orbán and the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) came to power for the first time in the 2010 elections, winning two-thirds of the votes. This majority was ...
What should the May 14th Election Strategy be?
The fact that there is a presidential election on the one hand and parliamentary elections on the other makes this election different from the previous elections. The most important issue in a parliamentary system is the parliament and the ...
When you tear your straitjacket...
Yesterday Kılıçdaroğlu released a very nice video. He also talked about his Alevi identity. I think he was forced to mention it a little bit. It is a bad feeling. He is obviously uncomfortable with being seen as "the other". I won't analyze the ...
Possibilities
Let me examine the possibilities for a moment. I think almost everyone wants the elections to end in the first round. The opposition says the country has not even an hour to lose. And they are ...
Political Anachronism
If we examine the parties in our country in general and the CHP in particular, we see that political parties undergo changes according to the effects of the events of the periods. For example, the CHP of 1930 and the CHP of 1950 are very different. ...
Latest Developments Towards Elections
In the run-up to the elections, I think we are likely to ee ome very urprising developments in the next month, but the aftermath is as important as the run-up to the elections. My personal view is that in any case, people of merit from different ...
How Unequal?
For some reason, this time again there are very few female candidates on the lists. I tried to count them one by one according to the parties, but there is no need, a quick glance will tell you that. In almost all parties, female candidates are ...
Analyzing the Changing Electoral System
There are 3 important issues in the 15-article new election law prepared by the AKP and MHP, partners of the People's Alliance, in March 2022. 1. With the new law, the national threshold in parliamentary elections is reduced from 10 rcent to 7 ...
Anger of Opposition Parties
Even though they had been voting for the opposition every time for years, they were very demoralized and frustrated that the opposition had not been able to defeat this government in the general elections, whether you call it incompetence, or bad ...
Comparative Political Systems and the Political System That I Envisioned
Governments, even if they are called republics, that do not aim at the welfare and happiness of their people, that cause polarization among their people by not ensuring al peace, that do not establish justice on a basis where all segments of ...
Parliamentary System? The Current System?
Whether it is the parliamentary system or the current system, Ali Cengiz games never end. Russians have a saying, they call it hanging noodles on the ear. It literally means that you are ing to deceive me. The other person keeps telling you, ...
How can there be fairness in representation?
Every person in power keeps changing something in the electoral law, for some reason this situation has been on my mind lately. Those who are always in power keep changing the electoral law to their advantage in order to stay in ...
Are You Ready to Go Crazy and Get a Little Wiser While Going Crazy?
Life is a dialectic and a never-ending training ground for each of us. Through this training, realizations are formed between people, the good are differentiated from the bad, the hardworking from the lazy, those who want a lot from those who don't. ...
My May 14 Question List
The first question a voter asks himself/herself is whether he/she is satisfied with the current situation. If you are satisfied, no problem, you can vote for the incumbent government. But for those who are fied, the reasons for their ...
How Do We Make the Right Decision?
The decisions we make affect the course of our lives in one way or another. Sometimes this decision is whether to fry eggs in oil or eat boiled eggs for breakfast in the morning, and sometimes it can be a decision that will really be a turning ...
Alliances' Roadmaps Towards Elections 2
Instead of the exclusionary discourse of the People's Alliance, the Millet Alliance seems to have adopted a more inclusive discourse. Although the results of the polarizing approach of the government may be considered correct for the government in ...
Is So Much Ego Necessary for Politics?
As we say, it is the nature of politics, almost a sine qua non, to have a high personal ego in order to lead the society, or at least a section of it. But on the other hand, it is said that politics is done to serve the society. So there is a ...
Predicting May 14th
Although 4 candidates will compete for the presidency, it seems very likely that one of the candidates of the two major alliances will win. Therefore, let us briefly assess what might happen if these two candidates win the election. ...
Alliances' Roadmaps Towards Elections
As the polarization in society deepens in a way that cannot be reconciled again, it is observed that people tend to be violent and merciless towards people and masses they perceive as "the other side". A social fabric is being formed where people ...
What If Politics
So what if it is the first term of the presidential government system? Tell me whether Mr. President has been president twice or not. He has! So, can he run for a third ...
Red Crescent and the Cardigan-i Sharif
While the candidate of the People's alliance consolidates his upporters with defense and ecurity issues, the Millet alliance emphasizes religious issues, which are allegedly weak, in order to eliminate criticism that may be made against him. Both ...
To what extent does the media play the role of the Fourth Estate?
According to Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Şinasi was the writer who brought the "new human" model to Turkish society. Like Newton and Descartes, he believes in God and defends the view that "we arrive at God's will for us through eason". In addition to ...
Come on, whoever understands: Autonomy
The meaning of the word "autonomy" in the TDK dictionary is defined as the right of a community, an organization to govern itself reely according to the laws it has established, the state and the right of a person, a community to set the law to be ...
Don't Burn the Goose
We have any proverbs about the goose. Although the last one I wrote is not actually about the goose, it has reached today as "the goose's foot is not like that" instead of "kaziye-i anha is not like that" with a sound transformation. It actually ...
Key and Boogeyman Party in Turkish Politics
No matter which Alliance candidate the HDP, which has a vote potential of 10-13 percent in the polls, announces that it will support in the upcoming elections, there is no valiant candidate who can say, "No, we don't want your vote" due to the ...
Should Mr. Muharrem İnce be a candidate?
For whatever reason, when we are moving at full speed, sometimes we suddenly brake. This is true for our life and for political life too! This decision is not so easy to take. You say, "I was accelerating so well! If you are in a race, maybe you ...
The Effects of Politics on Morality and Political Corruption
Let us not forget that the interests of the nation are much more important than the al interests of individuals. It should be known and realized that the entire nation will remain under a structure that collapses due to policies built on ...
What is the Agenda in Türkiye for the Election Process
What kind of environment are we going to the elections in? We have two months ahead of us, how will this time pass? Will we only elect the President and MPs or will we decide the course of our entire future? As a conscious citizen, with what ...
Magic Formula Finally Found
Yes, magic formula seems to have been found. It seems possible for both mayors, who have favour of public, to have a say in administration with a legal arrangement to be made after election is won. There are also practices in ...
Different calculations, same goals
Those who thought that Akşener would not make such a comeback did not take into account how the political engineering was formed. Let us analyse what might happen in domestic politics after this ...
Corner-catching in the depths of politics
In Turkish Politics, either the cards will be redistributed on the basis of fair distribution relations and constitutional citizenship, or we will continue to play a game that we know we will lose with rigged cards over and over again. People who ...
Whose mill does the tension between the current alliances carry water for?
Since The duty of the intellectual is primarily to protect the rights of Turkey", let me ask whether it is possible to read the tension in our country as being solely between the People's and National Alliance. Again, in the words of Cemil Meriç, ...
Why was there a political earthquake?
I used o describe Mr Kılıçdaroğlu, who made a great effort in setting he able, as he master who repaired he broken vehicle, or he master who rebuilt he vehicle. In one of my articles, I even used a metaphor by saying let he master make ...
Not only the presidential candidate but also the cabinet should be announced
6 March 2023 After the meeting to be held on Monday, it is understood that a consensus has been reached that the candidate of the Millet alliance will be announced. I have written before that I am in favour of announcing who will serve in the ...
What is the litmus paper of patriotism and good politician?
In my opinion, politics is not just a job to hold or seize the government of a country! It is and should be an important job to govern a country ...
Who should be the Presidential Candidate?
Unfortunately, we are constantly talking about idates" because of a freak system. It is normal to talk about party programmes, not candidates, in order to elect the government of a country. However, we have been talking about "one man" and ...
Shall We Continue with the System of Authorised Irresponsibility or Not?
Therefore, the election planned to be held on 14 May is not only a referendum to elect the person who will govern us, but also a referendum to determine the form of governance of our ...
Syrians should not be given citizenship for the sake of votes
First and foremost is the burden on the economy caused by the presence of around 4 million Syrians in r country, the so-called irregular migrants. This 'residual' population added to r population has seriously disrupted the social structure of ...
Earthquake and Politics
In the meantime, I think we should especially thank the mine workers a thousand thanks. Even though they arrived late, I think they are the ones who made the most effort. They entered places where no one else could enter and pulled many of our lives ...
Can Retired Military Personnel be Evaluated in Natural Disaster Relief Activities?
There are many fields of duty in the TAF. Almost all of them are closely related to Natural Disaster rescue and relief activities. While staff officers plan and direct at a strategic level, class officers and non-commissioned officers have the ...
What is the Responsibility of the Government and AFAD in Disasters?
After the 1999 Marmara Earthquake, "Prime Ministry General Directorate of Disaster and Emergency Management" was established as the "counterpart institution" in the World Bank project. However, this structure, whose duties and authorities were not ...
What is happening in politics?
Political parties that are in power strive to win elections again, regain the opportunity to implement their policies and maintain their power through their contribution to the welfare of the people. Of course, this struggle must be conducted under ...
What should be our priority in the 2023 General Election?
In these elections we will make one of the most important decisions we have to make. Because a decision made by this society many years ago has actually hanged how much our lives have hanged. Some people may have benefited significantly from this ...
Should the people necessarily elect the President?
Can't the President come from the parliament? Let's say we are governed by a parliamentary system and we have held new elections. The MPs of the parties or independent MPs have been elected. One of them will be the president. One of them will ...
D'hondt System and Number of Deputies
According to the new election law, you can form an alliance, but if the vote rate of the alliance exceeds the new threshold, all parties in the alliance will be able to get parliamentary seats with the votes they get on their own. The only advantage ...
Echo Chambers
The text of the agreement was announced and many channels started commenting on it. Even pro-government commentators can't say no, these findings are wrong, but they seem to be very worried about what to say to undermine this ...
National Alliance and Common Policies Memorandum of Understanding
Although the Six Table had some problems with its communication strategy, it seems to have managed a successful negotiation process, meeting 11 times in total. The fact that a total of six commissions went beyond preparations for the elections and ...
Speaking of Harmony
A good craftsman can certainly drive a car well, but what craftsmen do stays in the repair shop. No matter how good the mechanic is, I think people want to see a young man with a knife at the ...
What is this Synergy?
As we say energy, synergy is the transformation of the energies that come together into an energy that is much greater than their mere sum by supporting each other. In the dictionary, it is defined as plus power, identity, common desire to do and ...
First In, First Out
Five members of the SBE, including the President and Deputy President, took office on September 8, 2016. Normally, the term of office of these members expires on September 8, 2022. I think an omnibus law passed by the parliament extended their terms ...
Who is the Millet alliance candidate?
In April 2022, I made an analysis of the candidates for the Millet alliance. Now that the election date has been set and the discussions have intensified, I wanted to share this analysis again with minor edits and updates. ...
Heading at Elections
There is always the possibility that the institutions responsible for the peaceful conduct of elections may be improperly manipulated and used by the government. What is dangerous, however, is that this possibility is voiced and discussed at the ...
The Nation has the Word and the Authority
With the announcement by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that the 2023 elections will be held on May 14, the fragrance of the election air has started to smoke in our nostrils and the warmth has started to warm us up. The fact that the elections, ...
Haven't we had enough of empty arguments?
So, if we infer "election day" from the word "elections" in the constitution, how will this work? Since ion activities will start 60 or 90 days before the ion day, how will these activities be conducted? If it will be based on the new ...
Will Turkey Normalize After the Elections?
Everyone is living a life of their own. No one is aware of anyone else's situation, and at the same time, no one cares about the other's ...
Will Turkey Normalize After the Elections?
Everyone is living a life of their own. No one is aware of anyone else's situation, and at the same time, no one cares about the other's ...
Man Wants to be Managed
One of the main topics of discussion programs on the screens today is the six leaders? Or a single leader? Because the concept of six leaders does not sit well in people's minds. The voices of objection rising from almost all segments to the ...
Party and State in the Early Years of the Republic
Except for the Second Constitutional Monarchy period, politics was not an issue for ordinary citizens in the Ottoman Empire. During the one-party period from the Republic to the Democratic Party rule, politics remained the monopoly of the ruling ...
Why is election security important?
The lowest turnout rate in general elections s in 1969. Out of 14 million 788 thousand 552 voters, only 9 million 516 thousand 35 voters participated in the elections and the turnout rate s 64.34%. Again, the highest rate in general elections ...
Reflections on Turkey's Political Structure and Sociology of Politicians
Today, a free market understanding where the powerful set the rules has turned into a passion for turning the corner without producing, making money the easy way has started to rise above all values, and how much money is earned has become a ...
Poisonous Reviews
Some creatures use venom to capture their prey. When a snake, I'm talking about the venomous ones, bites its prey and injects its venom, the prey is paralyzed. If the snake is a very venomous species, it can even kill its prey instantly. Then it ...
Recent Developments in Turkish Politics
It is discussed that the elections will most probably be held on a date to be determined in April-May. It is possible to develop two different perspectives on this election: short-term and long-term. In the short term, the political power, which has ...
How Quantum Theory Works in Politics
Catholics have a different solution for the papal elections. It is not possible to leave the room before the decision is taken, that is, before the new pope is elected. They lock themselves in the room and cannot leave until the new pope is elected. ...
Cage Fighting and Foot Games in Turkish Politics
He used to do various things during wrestling to make his opponent angry. One of these things he used to do was to stick his finger in the opponent's private part without the referee seeing it. The opponent, annoyed by the situation, would make a ...
To Deserve and Become a Citizen-2
There is a very important detail in the relationship between the state and the citizen. Both parties should be aware of the rule of law as well as rights and freedoms. This awareness imposes responsibility on both the state and the citizen to ensure ...
One Day Temel and Dursun
There are some people who say that if I say something wrong now, I will get in trouble. Is that the reason? Are people ...
Do you know the story of Don Quixote?
In one of my articles, I talked about how important slogans are in election propaganda. I even gave the example of "Everything will be beautiful!" and how consistent it is. However, I also remember writing how meaningless a slogan like "It's ...
Losing Reality and Power
Let's imagine a ball that is half black and half white. We can look at it from the black side and think that it is a black ball, but we cannot be sure. Because we are aware that we don't see the other side. The biggest mistake here is to assume that ...
Diploma Issue and My Wishes
You can ive as much as you want in the field, or in a vacant lot, or back and forth in front of your house. But if you want to ive on public roads, you need a iver's license first. You cannot say, "I know how to ive anyway, why do I need a ...
31 March to 31 Months
It is of course important whether this judicial decision, which resulted in the most severe punishment for İmamoğlu, is legal or political. While the supporters of the government expect the decision to be respected based on the fact that the law ...
20 Years Experience
Yes, even if he does not know it, he has more than enough advisors around him from whom he can get information on any issue, and the ruling party has gained good organisational skills with the advantage of being in power for so many years. It has ...
Is Being Pat at Chess a Solution?
No matter how many of your pieces the other side has eaten, you always have a chance to check and mate. Of course, when I say always, if you have lost enough power, there may be situations where there is nothing you can do ...
Simple Logic
We call it Aristotelian logic, simple logic. There is even a joke. That Temel's plain logic joke. You can find it on the internet when you search for "simple logic". The end of the joke is the conclusion that Dursun is not a normal man with straight ...
What would it be like if we as a nation elected ministers for each ministry?
If those who want to be MPs, those who want to be ministers, those who want to be prime ministers and those who want to be presidents make their preferences in advance and enter the ctions accordingly, if the people vote for those they want to ...
The country has become a masquerade stage
Our lives flow like a lyrical poem. The country has ceased to be e country I knew and is busy with metamorphosis as if it has turned into a masquerade stage. Everyone is in e middle of eir own game, performing eir mirror skills in front of ...
Who has the psychological advantage?
Ataturk called for parliament even during wartime, he may have had difficulties in the decisions of the parliament at the time, common sense forced him from time to time. Maybe he even had to force the parliament to accept some things. Remember the ...
If you give authority to clowns, they will turn Malatya into a circus
The only being that leaves a written document for the future is the human being. Because the only difference from other beings is that humans have a value such as reason, which is endowed to creatures called human beings. Where is reason, ...
Sometimes you have to shout to change things?
There are labor markets for construction rk. There are often such scenes in old movies. You go and choose the rkers you need. They all cry out in eagerness, choose me, choose me. Because they need rk and if you choose him, he will be able to ...
Does Democracy Mean Majority Rules?
There are rules for everything. We live in a world of rules. If they are taught by our family, if they are related to the family perspective, we call them manners. We call the rules that a wider mass, a certain part of the society, a little bit ...
What are the Cornerstones of the Transition to the Modern State? Chapter-4
In this series of articles, three parts of which have already been published, I have endeavored to examine the philosophical foundations of the modern conception of the state and to t the prominent issues to your attention. My aim was to ...
What are the Cornerstones of the Transition to the Modern State? Chapter 3
Absolute monarchies had emerged in Europe at the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the New Age as a result of the dissolution of feudalism and the breakdown of the power of the Church. Since absolute monarchies eliminated the political ...
What are the Cornerstones of the Transition to the Modern State? Chapter 2
Bodin looks at the concept of sovereignty from a legal perspective. According to him, sovereignty is the essential condition for the existence of the te, the essential substance of the te. Sovereignty is a concept that belongs to the modern ...
What are the Cornerstones of the Transition to the Modern State? Chapter 1
The modern theory of the state first began with Niccolo Machiavelli's fiction of a secular worldly political power state free from divinity. Bodin then introduced the concept of sovereignty and revealed its qualities. Hobbes, on the other hand, ...
Will the MHP Join the Table of Six?
Even though each party seeks votes of all voters in Turkey, and each voter is free to vote for whomever he/she wants according to his/her own opinion, past elections have shown that voters supporting this third group are very loyal to ...
Is there 'Military Enmity' in Turkish Politics?
There is an unspoken hostility towards soldiers in Turkish politics (including the government and the opposition)! Let's not call it enmity, there is a palpable 'exclusion' and 'marginalization' that really offends many former ...
Let's Say the Opposition Wins! What Happens?
If we say that the most important ministries are the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Economy, it would not be difficult to guess that the Ministry of Economy could be run by a committee headed by Mr. Babacan. I think the opposition does not ...
Are Things Easier Solved by One Man or Common Sense?
If there is a decision to be taken on any issue and if we try to listen to everybody's opinion, I think we have to spend a lot of e. So when one person is in charge, the decision can be taken in a much shorter e. I can say that the shorter ...
Is the electoral system right in Turkey?
In small Anatolian cities, the names included in the list may be people who are well-known in their neighborhood and have potential votes. In other words, care is taken to make sure that the people who are put on the list are known in their ...
'DNA Test' Debate Between Kılıçdaroğlu and Bahçeli (Gezer Effect)
On September 26, the debate over whether the terrorist killed in the explosion in Mersin was a journalist as stated in the CHP report turned into a 'DNA test' debate between CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli during ...
Will Italy's First Female Prime Minister Meloni Succeed?
In Meloni's government, Antonio Tajani, vice-president of Forza Italia and former president of the European Parliament, will serve as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. Matteo Salvini, leader of the League Party, which is also part of the ...
Can a Conservative be a Revolutionary?
in order to talk about revolutionism, it is necessary to disrupt the existing order, the status quo, and make new radical changes. This is where the contradiction arises. The conservative is against radical changes that upset the existing order. ...
Stay with Atatürk, You Can't Go Wrong
The four currents thought I mentioned in yesterday's article, namely Ottomanism, Islamism, Turkism and Westernism, were the currents thought that Atatürk was influenced by in his youth. If you remember, I told you that he synthesized each ...
Who is the candidate who will win?
The paradoxical part of the "candidate ho ill in", hich I also describe as paradoxical, is related to this "moment" e are living in. Since e cannot go back and forth to the future at the moment, it is not possible to know ho ill in and ho ...
Reflections on the Strengthened Parliamentary System
The change of the system of government in Turkey was actually realized with the 2007 referendum. However, the first presidential n was held in 2014, and after this date, a de facto semi-presidential system has been implemented with the ...
Secret Box
Many negotiations take place behind closed doors, called state secrets. There are closed sessions in parliament, and what is discussed is only revealed years later. State secrets are important. It is inconvenient for every citizen to know them. They ...
My Sweetheart
For some reason, this memory came to my mind when our minister said "my dear" and caressed the face of the reporter. It is good that there are very sincere people among our politicians! Although it was not very nice that he continued on his way ...
Last Exit Before the Bridge
Although they are not happy with the situation either, they are willing to go wherever the vehicle they are riding takes them. Either out of habit, indifference or genuine love and loyalty to the driver. Even though the driver is pragmatic ...
What Remains of the Six Arrows?
If we count, first of all: - republicanism - populism - secularism - nationalism And two other principles added later: - statism - revolutionism (i.e. revolutionism) Today, the Republican People's Party is the only party that still embodies ...
Lieutenant Mehmet Ali Çelebi
As a bright young officer on the list of victims, he attracted the attention of the CHP and was subsequently nominated as a candidate and became an ...
How logical was Kılıçdaroğlu's last exit?
But as in the example I gave at the beginning, this exit had the effect of the driver suddenly slamming on the brakes, maybe turning the steering wheel sharply to the right and left. I mean, I think the method is wrong, it's an exit without much ...
The Power of Community
No matter how powerful you are, in front of the law, in front of society, you are weak. This is true for everyone, those who think they have power today, and even those who have the opportunity to get rich, tomorrow they will feel powerless in front ...
Civil Society and The Future of Representative Democracy
It is useful to emphasize the centralizing bureaucracy and state power here. This power made it necessary to fight other powers in order to protect and expand interests. Of course, the most important source for financing wars was taxation. The ...
Will the Rise of the Far Right in Europe Spell the End of the EU?
By moving from the margins of politics into the mainstream, the far right has not only influenced the political center, but has also entered the arena of power. The right is divided between traditional pro-European parties and anti-European ...
Genuine politics must be done for democracy and peace
When it comes to the institution of politics, three basic functions can be mentioned. These are "increasing production, making the distribution fair and realizing these in an environment of peace". ...
Where Are We Going in Health Policy?
Different models can be applied in the financing of health services from country to country. However, financing alone cannot be effective on the functioning of the system. For example, in the US system, which is based entirely on private health ...
Representation of Sexual Identities
A politics that emphasizes only sexuality is defeated from the start. Because sexuality is only one of the signifiers of human existence. In a politics that emphasizes only one signifier, even the most powerful one, human deficiencies ...
Buckling effect of a society
Buckling is an effect related to the length of the column. If two columns of equal cross-section have different lengths, they can carry the same load up to a certain point. However, when the load reaches a certain level, the longer column suddenly ...
The Place of Turkish Women in Politics and Business
I believe that in order to balance the inequality between men and women in the social sphere, some positive discrimination should be provided for women. Positive discrimination on behalf of women will necessitate the restructuring of the current ...
I have an objection
I've been sitting in my seat for quite a while, and I feel a weight on me. I guess my first objection is to gravity. If it wasn't pulling me towards the ground to this degree, why would I feel weight on me, right? I'm objecting to gravity. It ...
Being Determined
First of all, we need to make it clear to people that if they don't participate in the voting, it will favor the one who is ahead in the first round. The difference will be even bigger if we multiply it by a percentage. Math! ...
Can the disease of "Ideological State" (Party State) in Turkish Political Life be cured?
The repressive, social engineering-based 'ideological state' apparatus, which entered Turkish social life with the Committee of Union and Progress (İttihat ve Terakki) and imposed its own 'truths', became an understanding accepted by the CHP and ...
Democracy and Merit Based Management in Public Sector
The philosophers of the Enlightenment period, while defending the understanding of liberal democracy, proposed governments that prioritized the interests of the whole society based on the principles of equality, liberty and fraternity. Thus, modern ...
Tales for Adults
Tolstoy died in 1910 at the age of 82, but he left behind a lot of novels, short stories, educational works, religious and moral works, works of art and literature, stories, essays, plays and I think the most beautiful ...
Can the Structure of the Symphony Orchestra be a Management Model?
Yes, a conductor adds a lot to the orchestra. First of all, it determines the moment when the piece will start to be played and adjusts the tempo of the piece being played, adding its own interpretation to the piece being played with its mimics and ...
What Happened in Sri Lanka?
What happened in Sri Lanka coincides with the crises in many developing countries. First of all, the country's administration's failure to take serious measures about the alarming economic indicators in 2021, after the problems experienced in ...
Would Kara-Kalpak Protests Bring Democracy to Uzbekistan?
According to the prevailing opinion, 9-13. is known that the Black-Kalpaks, who were known to have been border guards in the Kyiv Kinesis between the centuries, were a mixture of Pecheneg-Uz-Berendi (Berendy was actually a branch of Pechenegs). ...
How Should The Public Policy Against Violence in Health Domain?
Social structures are complex systems. There is interdependence between facts and elements. Small changes that will occur/will be created in any part of the building can have unexpected big effects on the whole building. For this reason, all ...
Modernity, Changing Social Dynamics and Eid Kurban
Thus, between the 'modern' segment, which is the product of a controlled change and sees itself as an extension of the values of the Republic, and the large masses of people whose values have been eroded by uncontrolled change, there has ...
Why is Violence in Health a Public Issue?
Of course, while trying to make a political assessment here, we must accept that the guilt of those who perpetrate brutal violence nst healthcare workers is an indisputable fact. However, what needs to happen first is to accept this violence ...
The French Semi-presidential Model and the Nation's Alliance
The meaning is this: The "Strengthened Parliamentary System", which Iyi Party Chairman Meral Akşener emphasized emphatically, is t the exact isotope of the "Semi-presidential Model" in France. Just like the isotope, the proposed model has ...
Turkey's Current Problems and Public Policy
Do political powers govern the state or the ple ? For some of you, this question may seem pointless. I think there is a confusion of concepts here, including academic literature. If we go in order, for the state to exist, the elements of land, ...
A Criticism of Turkish Political Culture
The understanding that being in power means "eating" the blessings of the state and the country has been normalized by all social layers. Being an opposition means "don't eat" and it is reduced to saying "eat" is possible for the disgruntled ...
Common Sense Requires Instead of Resentment
Those who are constantly appearing on the screens, as usual, deviate from the subject and keep slurring something in their mouths, saying that the trip was an attempt, a game of foreign ...
The Weberian State and Turkey
For a long time, I was obsessed with the Germans, who were very jealous of us. But first of all, I find it useful to look at the situation and situation of ourselves and therefore our country. Are we managing our country ...
Should it be like this today, or different tomorrow?
Candlestick newspaper tactics. For example, the headline says I don't know who is undressed, you see that the weather is very hot, he took off his shawl. Just for the news, asparagas, the point is to draw ...
62 Years of Unending Controversy
Adnan Menderes was executed on September 17, 1961, at 13:21, one day after the execution of Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Hasan ...
Looking at Agriculture from a Public Policy Perspective
Depending on the development of capitalism, dependence on inputs has developed primarily in agricultural production. The USA, which gained the power to direct world trade especially after the second world war, gradually dominated the seed, ...
The way we go is not good
Some things will happen is predetermined by the course of events. As long as we notice the symptoms. If something bad is going to happen, it is only possible to prevent it without being aware of ...
What is the Antidote to Polarization?
While the virus was slowly disappearing, the world found itself in political polarization again with the Russia-Ukraine ...
Draw Boundaries
Let's describe the job we are going to describe in sufficient detail, let's draw the boundaries of everyone's work well, let's not put more responsibility on employees than they can carry, and let's not forget that we have the main ...
Turkish society's breaking point is under struggle
if you do the loading as pressure, not in a positive way, it will have lasting effects on the society after a certain stage. Just like in steel, when the yield point is passed, the effects that cannot be corrected begin to ...
3 May Press Freedom Day
Double sided; The duty of transferring information between the ruler and the ruled, politicians and the public rests with the free ...
Construction of Virtual Reality in Politics
Republic can be defined as the state in which the presidency is not hereditary, and monarchy can be defined as the state in which the presidency is hereditary. As can be seen, according to these definitions, republic and monarchy are opposite ...
Effect of Economy on Upcoming Election
Two important factors came to the fore in this success of the Ak party movement, which took over the power from the beginning of the 2000s and has had the success of bringing it to this day. ...
What is democracy? What Does Democratic Democracy Mean?
Socrates ays: “Unless the philosophers are kings in our tate, or until those whom we now call kings or rulers do not truly and fully devote themselves to philosophy, until political power and philosophy are united in the ame direction, the bad ...
What's Happening in Pakistan?
Imran Khan, who has become a Prime Minister that the USA "does not want"; It has started to be shown as the main responsible for the bad situation in Pakistan by the opposition and the army. The economic problems, which became chronic even before ...
Being a Religious Democrat
"Religious Democrats" can be free and self-confident individuals who prioritize individual rights and freedoms, and cannot be a member of a community that demands collective ...
Who is Muslim Democrat?
There ould be a new onception of social and political identity with historical foundations, which includes the Western discourse of human rights, the viewpoint of religion that identifies these rights with nature, and other spiritual values, the ...
What is Political Islam? Is Political Islam Tragedy Today?
They said that the President was all religious, they said my sister with a headscarf, they said that her forehead touched prostration, they shook the Qur'an in the rally squares, but in the end, they started to resemble the "state" that they had ...
Second Stage in Turkish Modernization Process: Constitutional Monarchy at One Hundred Years
A hundred years have passed ince a really important tage to understand the Republic of Turkey and our history of democratization. Constitutional Monarchy means the administration of the country by the parliament under the presidency of a king or ...
Is the use of artificial intelligence in election campaigns a trap for voters?
Political parties, keeping up with the current communication technology, started to use the internet and the social media tools that came with internet technology during the political ...
Rethinking Health Policy
Health policies are the priority of every country in order for the economic and social life of countries to function uninterruptedly and ...
Regional Scale Civil Society Movements
We see that a new trend has emerged in skating compatriotism, and this trend is in the form of orientation towards regional civil society ...
Politics and Taking Sides
The origin of the word politics, in Arabic “horse care and training, grooming; It comes from the word "state administration, administration (politics)" (Nişanyan, 2022). The two words translated from English to Turkish as "politika" actually have ...
Is civil disobedience the solution to injustice and injustice?
Socrates was the first to commit an act of civil disobedience. Socrates' life ended when he was sentenced to death for denying the gods. Socrates expressed his thoughts fearlessly, even though he knew he would be executed in the end. ...
Is the Election in Libya Legitimate?
Election observation is for mocracy, rule of law, promotion of human rights and for the elections to be held in a mocratic environment, for all citizens to benefit from the right to vote and to be elected with equal opportunities. So what is a ...
Freedom cannot be given to security
The primary purpose of this research is to determine whether the governments in the United States, known as the land of freedoms and opportunities, harm human rights and freedoms with the policies they implement with the perception of security ...
Nationwide Alliance Cabinet
The Presidential candidate of the Nation Alliance is not yet clear, so it is not clear who will serve in this candidate's cabinet. I do not know who the candidate of the alliance will be, but I think that no matter who he is, he should also announce ...
Presidential Goverment System and Its Problems
The Republic of Turkey began to be governed by the "Presidential Government System" as a result of the constitutional amendment adopted in the referendum held in 2017 and the general elections held in ...
Imamoglu and Ambassadors
The politicians of the People's Alliance and their supporters intensely criticize the meetings of the Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor, Mr. Ekrem İmamoğlu, with the ambassadors of both the UK and the ...
The Most Basic Method of Propaganda: Increasing Visibility?
I worked in London between 2008-2010. During this period, I often went to the British Ministry of Defense. These visits were as a part of the routine activities organized to inform all attachés about the missions given from Turkey or the military ...
23 JANUARY 2022 Western Black Sea Civil Society Organizations Istanbul Oligarch Meeting
Western ck Sea Civil Society Unites Western ck Sea refusal has decided to inherit. This legacy he rejected is “the legacy of poverty that fathers took from their fathers and left to their sons.” There is a second rejection of the West ...
Politics Among the Parliamentary System Debates
In order to correctly evaluate the current political debates, the content of the concepts needs to be adequately ...
President and Party Presidency
The content of President Erdogan's speech to the European Union (EU) ambassadors on January 13, 2022, includes information on the future of bilateral relations. A similar speech was made last year as well. ...
The Problematic Approach in Disaster Management and the Efficiency of Public Administration
The perspective on disasters has changed in the history of humanity depending on the development of science. While disasters were attributed to supernatural forces when human knowledge was insufficient, the causes and consequences of natural events ...
Nation Alliance Candidates
While it is almost certain that the candidate of the People's Alliance in the upcoming presidential election will be the current President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the candidate of the Nation Alliance is not yet ...
What Is Passive Opposition or Civil Disobedience?
While seeking solutions to the political and legal problems that Turkey is in, it only deals with the political and economic aspects of the state and civil society issues, and the cultural dimension of this relationship is generally neglected. ...
Is Turkish Spring soon?
In order to liquidate national states such as the Republic of Turkey, the offensive from USA actually started by invading Saddam Hussein's ...
Are protests a right?
Social movements are movements with political and economic content towards the system and the established order. Social movements arise when people do not have a chance to have their voices d, or when they are deprived of making their wishes ...
In Turkish Politics, Lock and Boogeyman Approach
In the 2019 local elections, HDP said, “As a party, we will not nominate candidates in some regions.” Let's remember that both the Nation and the Republic, both alliances in the race, aspired to these ...
From Laicisism to secularism
Secularism is asically a management system that prevents conflict as well as separating freedom of thought and freedom of elief. The purpose of secularism, which is a worldly lifestyle, is to ensure that the state is at an equal distance from all ...
Who Belongs to the Political Responsibility of Incompetent and Ambitious Overlords?
If you ask, "Could it be possible that the state power, which has such a high control and supervision power and is expected to serve its people as an executive authority, does not see its own mistakes?" Let's think about the ...
Open Enemies of Democracy, Peace and Development: Clan Balance and Authoritarian Regimes
My Afghanistan experience has introduced how there can be a failed state model using the name of Allah, in which Allah's provisions are violated and the constitution is not even read. Because there were such things that were told and claimed to have ...
Is Civil Society Reconstruction Possible in Turkey?
The concept of civil society is counted mong the basic concepts of political science. In parallel with the development of political thought movements, the understanding of civil society has gained its contemporary meaning s result of new social ...
Let's Imagine Building a Digital Democratic Party: What should this party look like?
The number of political parties in the Republic of Turkey is increasing day by day. The number of political parties, which was 106 on June 24, 2021, was announced as 116 two months later. ...
The Place of Innovation in British Public Administration
With the entry of competition into the public sector, every public organization adopts the innovation approach in order to survive or to make a breakthrough in the increasing competitive ...
Democracy Is Not Ideology
No civilization is homogeneous. The history of humanity is the history of the relations between civilizations and the changes that occur as a result of these relations. I am aware that Western civilization is not the only civilization. ...
Is the caliphate a tool of religion's political legitimacy?
First of all, it is necessary to determine the biggest obstacle in front of Muslims to perceive and live their age correctly. This is due to forgetting the fact that the tory in which Muslim societies lived and the culture they created in that ...
Could rising innovation be the new savior of the public?
Rising Innovation The biggest feature of emerging innovation is at it has to be implemented . Because development turns into benefit with practice. In a world evolving towards an information society and a knowledge economy, e transformation of ...
A Look at the Presidential System from Farabi's Philosophy
I wrote this article about ten years ago. On one occasion these days, I felt the need to re-examine Farabi's philosophy. In this context, I wanted to share my thoughts on the subject of Presidency with you, together with the readings of ...
Equality of opportunity requests of Western Black Sea Region Inhabitans
“Western Black Sea Equal Opportunity Association-BAKFED” is Turkey's first geographical equality of opportunity association. It is also the first non-governmental organization established on the scale of the Western Black Sea Region. In this ...
From the Sened-i Alliance to the Abolition of the Sultanate, Our Journey to the Republic
Monarchy, in its most concise expression, means the rule of one ...
Apolitical Attitude in Politics
Man is a social being, he wants to lead an orderly life by dividing the work with other people. ...
Should Performance Pay Affect Public Administration: The Case of the United Kingdom (UK)
Despite the widespread use of Performance Related Pay-PRP schemes, questions remain about their ...
Patriotic Legitimacy
I always say that some books have time to be read. One of them is Remzi Oğuz Arık\'s Turkish Revolution and Our Nationalism (Ankara.1958) and the other one is Emin Maluf\'s book titled The Nailed World ...
History of Democracy and Culture of Democracy in Turkey
I entered the last day of September 2021 with the \"History of Democracy and the Culture of Democracy in Turkey\" Webinar. An international NGO that organizes it. Programmed as part of the 70th Anniversary ...
The Real Will of the People: Pre-Election and Narrow District Election System
Democracy is the will of the people. The will of the people gains meaning to the extent that it is reflected in the parliament. It should not appear to be reflected. Otherwise, it can go no further than a destructive ...
Irresponsible Power
Responsibility for all good or bad events, situations and consequences that occur in a country belongs to the power that governs that ...
Political Entropy: Locking the System
With the referendum held on April 16, 2017, the amendment of 18 articles of the Constitution was accepted with 51.41% yes, 48.59% no votes. The number of Yes votes was 25 157 025, and the number of No votes was 23 777 ...
Islamic Governance - Islamic Governance, Rights and Freedom Movement
A Harvard classmate of mine, sent me the following message: “You have always seen examples of Western management and governance in America, Germany, the Netherlands and England. ...
How should we read demographics?
Demography is the science of population. It is a combination of the Greek words demos, folk and graphe, ...