Muhammet Esiroğlu: "The success of a political movement"

Muhammet Esiroğlu: "The success of a political movement"
Date: 26.12.2021 17:00

Milli Gazete columnist Muhammet Esiroğlu writes on politics. Here is the full article.

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The peculiarity of this geography is that it contains a great deal of diversity. We know that different communities in terms of belief, language, culture and worldview have lived in this geography since ancient times. However, the understanding of the nation-state, which started in the West in the last two centuries and has influenced almost the whole world, has greatly affected this unity. The basic logic of the nation state is based on creating a homogeneous society as much as possible by bringing the differences closer together in order to build a nation. What has happened in the last century is actually a reflection of this aim.
 
The nation-state building process has brought some problems, as it has been carried out without taking into account the historical accumulation of these lands. The preference of rasping the differences instead of creating a unity by strengthening the belongings of the differences caused both resistance to the nation-building process and undermined the trust of the differences in each other. Since then, the approach of different views to each other in these lands has been to prioritize conflict rather than understanding.
 
Today, the representative mission of the people is largely carried out by political parties. The field of conflict is largely driven by politics and enters the public's agenda through politics. But we can also say that this confrontational language has lost its effect, especially for new generations. For this reason, it is important that a political movement aiming for ultimate success should follow a path according to this new world of consciousness. However, it would be unrealistic to think that a principled political stance away from conflict will gain the support of the vast majority in the short term. The success of a movement that produces politics according to the principles it knows to be true, not according to the sensitivities fed by the conjuncture or the emotional motivation of the masses, should be sought in its influence on politics in the near future and in its management of politics in the distant future.
 
At the beginning of the path that leads a political movement that prefers principled politics to success, is to produce politics on its principles, to establish a language and discourse towards the perception of the new level of consciousness, to talk with different political parties in a way that covers all segments of the society, and to act jointly on certain issues when necessary.
It is possible for this kind of political movement to have an impact on politics in the near future, if it can talk to all segments and act jointly. It derives this power from its principled stance and its encompassing language and discourse. Regardless of its numerical response in the masses, its impact on current politics shows the success of the movement. In addition, the effort to impose its own policy on every political party has no political counterpart, it is also against the purpose of existence of political parties. Therefore, the political movement, which produces by putting its principles at the center, needs to develop the ability to act jointly with political parties, while also providing communication that can convince all interlocutors.
 
Generating politics by putting the principles at the center enables us to stand upright in the attractive field of politics. This upright stance both preserves the existence of the political movement and opens up space for it over time. What is important here is that these principles can be reflected in the minds of the people. However, such political movements do not have a chance to make their principles dominate the general society with the messages they send to the world of their members. For this reason, it is important to present the firsts in a language that will appeal to the whole society. It is not the abandonment of the concepts that strengthen the principles mentioned here, or the confinement of the movement to the everyday language of politics. The point mentioned here is the establishment of a language that can both fill the worn out and abused concepts and reach every level of consciousness. Only in this way, we can look for the success we seek in the power of a movement to influence politics, in its management of politics tomorrow.

YEREL HABERLER

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