Fatma Tuncer: "Tree and human"

Fatma Tuncer: "Tree and human"
Date: 19.8.2021 16:00

Milli Gazete columnist Fatma Tuncer writes on forest fires in Turkey. Here is the full article.

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When I come across a tree on the roadside, I do not remain indifferent, I sit in its shade, touch its leaves and try to recognize it. I am not a stranger to nature, the tree and the creatures embraced by the soil, I know the grasses to eat, which tree has which features, and I believe that all living things that come to life in the lap of nature have a soul that we cannot notice. I approach the tree and the living things that come to life in the bosom of the soil with a feeling of compassion, and I think that the veins of mercy of those who harm nature are blocked. But sadly we live in an age where the bad guys outnumber the good guys, and our efforts to prevent evil are insufficient.
 
The tree is like a mother, it does not exclude any living thing that cools in its shade, it feeds the birds that sit in its arms, it rewards the soil on which it rests with its scent and gives people a spiritual rest. A tree is like a mother, when you meet a tree wherever it is in the world, you feel close and you seem to see someone close to you. That's why the conversion of our forests, which are the source of life, and the creatures living in them to ash, had the same effect on all of us, we felt that a piece of our heart had fallen, and we cursed the hands that ignited the fire.
 
The forest is the rich city of the world of living things, trees that bear fruit, birds looking for sustenance in secluded corners and all kinds of insects come to life and perform their duties here. Therefore, the burning of a forest area means the death of all living things, which unfortunately we have witnessed.
 
In our childhood, we were told fairy tales and it was stated that predatory animals lived in the forests and that these animals attacked humans and all living things. Unfortunately, the forests that have turned to ash in our country and all over the world today were not of predatory animals, but the result of the actions of murderers who resigned from humanity and the evil they planted.
 
I heard it from my mother when I was a child; In mountain villages where technology did not enter, people who harbored enmity with each other tried two methods, they either set fire to the houses and subsistence products of the people they were hostile to, or they would add poison to the water used by the family and cause their death. My mother used to tell that the crop fields were set on fire and that the fights that started between the families continued until the grandchildren. Although the tools used by man, the age in which he lives and the possibilities he has change, his tendency towards evil and his acts of violence remain constant as long as he does not discipline his soul. As a matter of fact, when human beings were not acquainted with technology, they produced their envy, hatred and violence by forcing their means, and after mastering technology, they continued to spread evil through the tools they produced by using science as a malignant tool. When we look at the history of humanity, we see that the bad ones are much more than the good ones and they are working hard to spread the evil.
 
US President George W. Bush stated that the bipolar system that affected the international flow during the Gulf War came to an end, and that the new world order based on the USA would now dominate, and the new world discourse that was pronounced was discussed by different segments at that time. Interestingly, with this discourse, we witnessed the occupation and exploitation activities and destructions that spread rapidly in our geography. The process continued rapidly and it seems that the masters want to take their steps faster by keeping the masses busy with invasions, epidemics, fire and flood disasters in order to format the history of humanity and activate the new world project they have designed. And we cannot predict what the new world, which has entered our lives with all kinds of disasters, will bring next, but we believe without hesitation that the only power and authority belongs to Allah, and even a leaf will not move unless He wishes.

YEREL HABERLER

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