NO BECAUSE IT’S NOT ENOUGH
In 2010’s referendum for constitutional changes, some liberals. naïve
enough that these were steps toward democratization, or oblivious of
Tayip Erdoğan’s own words that “Democracy, just like a tram, was a
vehicle to take you where you want to go and then you just get off from
it” voted” YES THOUGH ITS NOT ENOUGH
In Turkey the Government is called Hükümet, which comes from the
verb “Hükmetmek” which means to rule.
The recent government intervention to labor day demonstrators as well as
to those claiming a say about their life style, proves that the Hükümet
visions it self as the ruler who severely punishes its disobedient subjects.
This is not particular to any political party, this is a curse inherited from
the Ottoman Empire.
Despite all of Atatürk’s reform for modernization the majority of Turks
have not been able to free themselves form centuries of being the
subjects (servants) of Sultan the ruler.
Unless the populations undergoes a radical change of mind, no change in
constitution will be enough to bring Democracy to Turkey.
In spite of what has been said, declared & repeated for 90 years now,
people have not been able to realize that democracy demands a major
shift in the relation between the people who are now the rulers and the
people chosen to serve them.
Those who constitute the Legislative Power are no different then the
general public, in considering themselves at the service of the ruler.
A survey conducted in 2009 by TESEV a prominent think tank has
interviewed 51 judge & savcıs the majority of whom proudly admitted
that they will favor the state whenever a conflict between the state and
an individual arises. Even those few who denied having such a bias
themselves recognized that this was the general trend.
The legislative power’s vital role in a democracy is to provide the balance
between the individual who has no other resource then the unbiased
execution of justice and the government which has every possible
instrument to dictate its will.
Until the large majority of Turks understands & integrate in the depth of
their conscious that the people they have chosen and whom they are
paying through their taxes are merely civil servants whose task is to
maximize welfare and well being of the whole nation, no change
whatsoever in the constitution will be enough to install democracy in
Turkey.
Let us not repeat the same mistake. To say” Yes though its not enough”
Would be to suggest that certain improvement has been made toward
democratization, thus concealing the a radical change in mentality
would be a prerequisite for a change in constitution.
Let us say NO BECAUSE IT’S NOT ENOUGH!