«TThe end of his regime has been launched in the medium term. The prison is, in part, part of the training of future presidents. Therefore, he has taken the order for the presidential office » emphasizes in “Step” Halk Sahinaward -winning Turkish journalist, writer, peer professor at Bilgi University in Istanbul and former teacher at the University of Indiana in the USA.
Analysts comment on the conversion of the regime into an authoritarian by the Erdogan government. Do you agree?
“They see developments as a maneuver for Recep Tayyip Erdogan to eliminate his main opponent in the presidential election. On the other hand, there are those who believe that the international context – the re -election of Trump and the need for Turkey’s military power for Europe’s security – made its anti -democratic steps more acceptable.
But, let me focus on the sign. The arrival of a new generation in the political scene in the form of an avalanche. It is called Generation Z. In their vast majority, protesters of this generation were born after Erdogan’s rise to power. They have never seen another government before. Youth movements played an important role in the overthrow of Menderes in 1960 and the coup by the military dictatorship of Evren in 1980. Demonstrations at Guezi Park in Constantinople in 2013 also partially driving the youth. However, the slightest voice was heard by young people in the last 1- years. It was believed that the young people, who had lost their hope for the future, found solace on social media and video games. They were not studying, they were not members of political parties. The ideologies were not concerned, they were apolitical. March 19th needed to come and the mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality of Constantinople Ekrem Imoglou be arrested to rebuild the squares by millions of people and, above all, by children who were considered apolitical. “
Don’t the youth of the opposition parties are demonstrating?
“They do not carry party flags, but Turkish, as well as posters in which they write funny slogans. “Where were these kids so far?” Many wonder. They were on the computer screens and their phone. The situation, then, promoted them from spectators to acting subjects. “
Do they have any ideology?
“They are not ideologues like the children of 1968. Being right or left no longer matters in defining identities. Their identity is not ideological, they are moral, if you will, psycho -syllable. For young people, small truths are more important than ideological utopias. The Islamist-nationalist government of Erdogan and Bachseli, which becomes more authoritarian as it struggles to face Turkey’s problems, approaches the door of exit for biological, demographic, political and historical reasons. These kids are just starting. They will be in the squares this weekend! “
Do developments speed up the end of the “man” regime?
“The end of Erdogan’s regime has been launched in the medium term. Prison is part of the education of future presidents in our country. Therefore, Imamoglou has taken the order for the presidential post in due time. “
Would the early elections occur to a faster exit from the crisis?
“They could. The next six months will be critical. But the outcome of things will depend on what the CHP will do. If he wins the next election, he will start correcting the system. I am more optimistic today than two weeks ago. “
