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BackThose who cheat in the name of Ataturk!
Those who cheat in the name of Ataturk!
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Cumhuriyet30 minutes agoPolitics3 min readTürkiyeView original

Those who cheat in the name of Ataturk!

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  • The author criticizes the political actors who exploited the party founded by Atatürk, dealt a blow to the secular republic, and exploited Atatürk on November 10.
  • He exposes the ineffectiveness of the opposition in the Parliament and the fake republicans who support the AKP government, and calls for secular republicans to take a conscious stance.

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Why It Matters

The article deals with political hypocrisy in Türkiye. It targets the political actors who exploited the party founded by Atatürk, dealt a blow to the secular republic, and exploited Atatürk on November 10. It exposes the ineffectiveness of the opposition in the Parliament and the fake republicans who support the AKP government.

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When he was not elected by the members of the party founded by Atatürk, he became the chairman again with the decision of "absolute nullity" with the help of the government; He makes statements supporting neo-Ottomanist policies, votes for the Mecca Agreement, which risks taking Turkey into war for Saudi Arabia in line with America's wishes, and then says "We are the party of Ataturk" to win over republican votes. However, the party founded by Ataturk has long since ceased to be Ataturk's party.

He not only says "It's a chance for us" about the US Ankara Ambassador Tom Barrack, who says that nation states are a problem for them and proposes a "compassionate monarchy" to Turkey, but also presents the news after the election in the USA wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, and then on November 10, he performs his show with a Speech in his hand, wearing Atatürk's vest.

He says, "Atatürk's memory has been destroyed," but when the head of the party behind that destruction comes to the Turkish Grand National Assembly, he instructs his group to stand up. He does not care about secularism, he calls the press after Friday prayers and speaks, he visits shrines and gives photos to the media. He does not meet with Pakize Akbaba, the President of the Martyrs' Mothers Association, but he meets and takes photos with the Peace Mothers who want Öcalan's freedom.

THE SAME HYPOCRISY WILL BE STAGED ON NOVEMBER 10

AKP ministers and politicians who are fans of Kadir Mısıroğlu fill his son's wedding; openly praises the Minister of Justice in a country where so many people are unjustly imprisoned, just because the former minister, who was deeply involved in fund robbery, was arrested months later to contain the public's reaction; He supports the government by saying "Mr. President is extremely sensitive on this issue" and then tries to impress by saying "This is our party that Atatürk entrusted to us".

For his own benefit, he joins hands with the government and exploits the workers to the bone, plunders nature, adds to his wealth, remains silent while the secular Republic is dealt blow after blow, but then he receives applause with the advertisements he published on November 10 on behalf of his holding company.

You know these people, you watch them on screens. In fact, the hypocrisy they display, like the September 12 Kenanists, is so widespread that it does not matter what their names are. Those who cheat with Ataturk are everywhere, in parties that are considered to be opposition, everywhere in the media!

In order not to lose opposition voters and the audience/readership, they constantly exploit Atatürk, but at the first opportunity they get, they approach the political Islamist government. They get their work done by playing doubles without being noticed.

HOW TO COME OUT OF THE PIT?

Turkey's future depends on disrupting this game. Now, everyone who is in favor of the secular Republic has to notice what is happening and make it noticed, and expose the fake republicans and those who deceived Ataturk.

This country has been condemned to the reactionary AKP government for 25 years because "This is not the time to oppose the opposition"!

To those who have no problem with the corrupt order, who are willing to play their own role in this exploitative system if it were not for the operations carried out on municipalities, who do not organize an effective social struggle on any issue, who continue political negotiations behind closed doors in the Parliament, which has long ceased to be the people's organization, and who want to be a candidate for the fourth time unconstitutionally, with a timid and slippery opposition style, "Come before me!" You can't get out of this hole by making an invitation.

BE YOURSELF THE SAVIOR

There is a government that responds to every lawlessness tolerated by the opposition by increasing its support. Everything in the country is out of control, retirees are suffering from hunger, there is no issue that is not subject to corruption, there are so-called opposition MPs praising the AKP because a minister was imprisoned in the robbery of the century! If corruption of this magnitude occurred anywhere else in the world, the government would collapse long ago.

He went to the Parliament and said, "What are Mehmetçik doing in Yemen?" Those who do not participate in the voting instead of raising a fuss by shouting and organizing a social reaction are also fake opposition.

Know and introduce those who deceive by exploiting Atatürk's name, just like those who deceive by exploiting religion, and take your stand. It is the duty of conscious and true Republican citizens to react to this fraud and protect the secular republic.

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • The same hypocrisy will be staged on November 10

    Likely · Within days

  • Fake republicans will be exposed

    Possible · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • Which party is specifically described as the party founded by Atatürk?
  • Which former minister was involved in fund robbery?
  • When did the Mecca Agreement receive an acceptance vote?
  • When was Tom Barrack's 'compassionate monarchy' proposal made?

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This article was originally published by Cumhuriyet.

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