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A mobilization call for the "New Turkey"

The change, which can slightly open the doors to serious political crises, faction conflicts and new political pursuits that are connected to resentments and disappointments in normal times, was carried out successfully in a single day.

The Ruling Party had designated its Chairman and its candidate for Prime Ministry with an Extraordinary Congress. Without diminishing or fighting, and with the full support of the delegates and party members, AK Party had chosen its leader. The transition had invalidated all the crisis scenarios centered on the handover period. Old style politics had been imbedded in history. An advanced political language, understanding, consciousness have become prominent with the doctrine mind.

There was more than a political party congress in the room. After the leader, who is supported by Turkey with the deep love that had made a place in their hearts for the last thirteen years, Turkey had presented a new leader with the same excitement and support.

Again,Tayyip Erdogan had resisted all the destructive winds with the public and had radically changed Turkey"s political philosophy, administration and identity. He had made a place in the history of the Republic as the architect of this transformation. This was actually a new foundation.

Ahmet Davutoglu, who had taken over the Prime Ministry and Chairman positions after Erdogan, will be enrooting this transformation even more, reinforcing the philosophical substructure and leave deep marks in the political history of Turkey.

Don"t let your knees shake

From now on, the Turkey constructed by these two names will get ahead of its identity. And that other point of view, which will invalidate their ideals and drag the country back to the shallow and intolerant atmosphere again, might not be effective for half a century.

Because both of them are above being a political figure, they had become pioneers of a march, which is fed by an extraordinary communal excitement and is assimilated by the Turkish community. The communal expectations will pave the way for them, as much as their own accumulations and strong characters will.Think about the developments today, not just for one day, but also rather together with a nation"s historical progress, faith. Then, you can estimate their evaluations ten to fifty years from now. Then you will understand that the post-Ottoman Republic project had entered a new period, that this is a foundation, and that this historical period is raising its own historical personalities and pioneers.

From now on, you will understand that references in the scale of historical personalities like Sait Halim Pasha and Nizamülmülk Alparslan are effective in Turkish politics, and the people who cannot exceed the tribe politics will not be able to become a political character in today"s and tomorrow"s Turkey.

You will understand that in this period the Ottoman accumulation and the Seljukian coalescence will be effective, and this spectacular wealth had started the glorious rising era after World War I, similar to the post-Crusader Wars and post-Mongolian invasion.

Brave people will make history. The ones whose knees and tongues don"t tremble will direct the nations. Turkey"s new political language had also brought the communal expectation to this height.

We had seen this in the Presidency take over ceremony. The interest of the world, the self-confidence of the country, the tears of the people who had watched the ceremony on the streets and in their homes, were actually the image of a deep longing and a dream that had been desired for a century. Turkey had carried out the Presidency take over in a style befitting a world state. I"m sure that the messages given by this transformation are noticed in many capitals.

The President and Prime Minister, State and Government…

From now on, there was a "President" in Turkey, and the great transformation will be advancing as a state, as much as, as a government. A cabinet had been formed in a single day and Davutoglu had formed the government. From now on, there is a strong President and a strong Prime Minister. There is a strong state and a strong government.

The actualization of three great alterations in three days, in a graceful political weather without giving rise to arguments, is the indicator that the accounts of the 20th century habits had been balanced.

The reason why I had formed these sentences is not a political party prejudice. The reason is my ability to feel the thirst of Turkey and the geography deeply. It"s because of my ability to understand what kind of opportunities the great power shifts in the world were created for, and what kind of an environment has been formed for the new history. It"s because the events are carrying meanings way beyond Turkey"s domestic policy and domestic rulership calculations.

Then is "New Turkey" a hollow slogan?

Is it a mass communication language, which is discovered by a political party"s one-day calculations?

If so, this nation and all of us will experience great disappointment. But, it isn"t so. It shouldn"t be and it won"t. Because history is forcing us to this. The geography is forcing us. Our egos and identities are forcing us. While we have this realization, we will not allow any world power or international Project to have us step back or obey.

Look at the news from the fronts, political and military analyses and memoirs, during the final periods of the World War I. Feel the hopelessness and defeat in the Ottoman geography again. Observe the amount of sadness felt from Atlantic to Pacific. Don"t forget what we fought for in the Medina defense, in the Canal War, and what the Anatolian children did in 1917, at the lands which we now call Gaza.

Our trouble is pride and dignity

You should know that our problem is not pride, dignity, or not land piece.

Then you will understand what our case is. Then you will know what our ache and pain hidden in our hearts is. You don"t need to go to distant history. Not even a century had passed over these. In the wide history range, these happenings are regarded as "today". Because of this reason, we are talking about the present time rather than the past.

During the crises periods and the periods of deep transformations, those communities bring forth strong leaders and visionary pioneers. At the same time, they will bring forth, scientists, theoreticians, men of literature, or military geniuses. I"m sure that during this new period strong characters will be added to the strong political pioneers in these fields.

We need perspectives, tendencies and projects, which are far beyond a nation state that is imprisoned to Anatolia, in the economic, foreign policy, education, culture and defense fields. If the New Turkey is a project, which it is, we need to make breakthroughs which will pave the way for political pioneers in all these fields.

Let them throw books and deal with small political accounts. Turkey had exceeded this worthlessness. The distance between what we witnessed in the last three days and this worthlessness is a century.

The New Turkey project should be transformed into a stuffed project in every field. If an era is closing and a new era is beginning, if the foundations are being laid for a new foundation, if a new Turkey is being born, then it"s time for mobilization for that Turkey.

Everybody has a part to play. There is a future that can be embroiled with decorations.


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