Turkey’s Real Enemy: Empty Rhetoric and Misery Turkey is being distracted by artificial agendas amidst economic misery. Official inflation has exceeded seventy percent, but the reality felt in the streets, markets, and stores is far worse. A kilo of meat costs nearly half the minimum wage, leaving people unable to afford basic necessities. Historically, the Ottoman Empire’s final days were no different: while the palace dreamed of “ruling the world,” the people grappled with hunger and poverty. Today, those who parade fantasies like the “Ottoman model” or “United States of Turkey” are repeating the same mistakes. Bahçeli’s remarks about Öcalan, suggestions of “one Alevi, one Kurdish vice president,” and federation debates are all distractions, stealing attention from the people’s bread, jobs, and future. In times of crisis, history shows that rulers either invent external enemies or stoke nationalist fervor to diffuse public anger. In the nineteenth century, Ottoman “refor...
İnsana, doğaya, topluma ve evrene dair… Kimi zaman güncel, kimi zaman zamansız konuları ahlak, vicdan ve akıl süzgecinden geçirerek ele aldığım kısa yazılar. Bilimin ışığında, sağduyunun rehberliğinde, sorgulayan bir dille /About humanity, nature, society, and the universe... Short essays where I address sometimes contemporary, sometimes timeless topics, filtered through morality, conscience, and reason. Guided by the light of science and common sense, with a questioning tone...