Abdulkadir Özkan: "Do not alienate society from politics"

Abdulkadir Özkan: "Do not alienate society from politics"
Date: 1.2.2022 14:00

Milli Gazete columnist Abdulkadir Özkan writes on Turkey's politics. Here is the full article.

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Parties are essential to democracy. It is impossible to talk about democracy in a political environment without parties. Politicians take charge and produce services through parties. However, I find it wrong to make everything permissible just because 'my party will win'. If it is brought, the homeland and the nation will be reduced to the second plan, and the party's interests will be put in the first place. As a result, every politician strives for the success and power of their own party, no matter what the cost. Of course, every politician should make an effort to bring his party to power and prolong his life in power, and for this, he should make an intense effort to serve the country. In short, political parties should tell the society what they will do and how they will do in order for the country to develop and become one of the advanced countries, and present it to our people's appreciation. In short, parties try to get the support of the society with their programs for the future of the country.
 
If the programs they presented to the society during the opposition years were appreciated and supported by the society, the parties would take over the government of the country either alone or through a coalition. After that, what they say in the opposition and what they do when they come to power is observed by the society. In the meantime, of course, new programs are presented to the public according to the changing conditions of the world and the country. In short, the political struggle must be a struggle of service. If this happens, the society will see the opinions and proposals of the parties and determine which party they will vote for in the next elections.
 
Let me point out right away that this job is not as easy as it seems. Because not every party has the opportunity to reach the society on equal terms. There are various reasons for this. As such, they need to make great efforts to explain themselves to the society. In the meantime, the success or failure of the parties may occur to the extent that they own the means of communication. However, in our country, a dual system has generally attracted attention, and this dual system has generally emerged as right-left for many years, and it has come to such a point that the society has come face to face with the situation of being either right-wing or left-wing. Of course, various fractions of the right and left segregation also occurred. However, as a result, an image representing the two main veins emerged, and this image generally suited the centrist parties. This dual classification lasted until my late Erbakan teacher started the National Vision movement. Erbakan, from the moment he entered politics, overturned a classification that was taken for granted by saying that there is no right or left, there is right and wrong. For this reason, their parties were closed one after the other, and the state administration, which did not want their established order to be disturbed, continued as if it was handed down from father to son.
 
Although this understanding and the form of politics, which have been going on for years, have started to change gradually, the dual system must have been so adopted by some politicians that a new dual system has begun to be substituted for the old dual system this time. This time, the distinction between the right and the left has begun to be interpreted as traitors and patriots, or those who stand side by side with terrorist organizations and against terrorism. The policy of polarization and separation, which has been going on for many years, is being tried to be maintained under a new evaluation. In short, an understanding of politics that did not differ much from the past has emerged. However, the exclusionary and discriminatory approach inevitably brings up polarization instead of embracing. Recently, this will not have been considered sufficient, as this time an effort has been made to make a premium in politics with the help of children. From the podium, the leader of the main opposition party was called a traitor. While the tone that dominates politics has been hardened by the leaders of the two alliance parties for a long time, the society is separated and they are trying to benefit from it, I personally could not suppress the fact that a child was brought to the podium in the rally area and a party leader was called a traitor. Those who take the lead in such a loss of level in politics will also suffer in our country.

YEREL HABERLER

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