We have witnessed many times before that states used terror as an element of blackmail against other countries.
We witnessed in the Middle East; organizations networked and established within, financed, trained, with their objectives specified, used against almost every country, regional destabilizing plans made through these organizations, countries brought down to their hands and knees through these organizations, ethnic conflicts and civil wars erupted through these organizations, with hundreds and thousands of people losing their lives and countries becoming divided.
We saw that for 20 years, contrary to the worldwide counterterrorism discourse, terror was kept alive by global power centers as a tool for blackmail and exploited by countries where the democracy and freedom discourse was exaggerated. I can quickly give the names of many organizations run by governments.
We also saw that governments used organizations in their internal power battles, allowed ganging up within the state, and as a result, numerous dirty laundries were revealed throughout the years. Turkey's political history is filled with many unbelievable examples in this area. There is no need to list these one by one. Everybody who has some knowledge of this country's internal politics, its internal power conflicts will know this.
Yet, this time we are faced with a new situation.
This time, there are those in Turkey who need to side with freedoms against those who threaten freedoms and public order, those who need to have responsibility toward their country and people are cooperating with terror, violence and organizations. Rather than forming a gang within the state, there is a kind of ganging up against the state, the people, and the country. There is a war against Turkey by those who are unable to form the government they want, unable to design politics as they desire. There are those who are trying to completely dismiss the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and return to the “old Turkey," and those who want to sacrifice areas of democracy and freedom to undemocratic power projects.
Yes, this is a state of war. We are witnessing a war in such a form for the first time. Those who are trying in cooperation to surround Turkey from the outside to confine it are those who have taken the largest share from this country's wealth. Becoming even richer is not their sole issue; they want to take over the entire nation and its people.
Hence, they turned the war they waged against the AK Party into a war against the entire country. Nothing matters, the nation can be destroyed, the country can be divided and turn into a bloodbath, as long as they take possession; receiving the grievous news of tens of more martyrs on a daily basis means nothing to them.
Those who used to greet the prime minister in their PJs in the past are currently redesigning the country's politics. Those who once used to give orders to ministers are now in cooperation with terrorist organizations. Those who once ousted governments and formed new ones are trying to regain this power, which they have been lacking for the last 13 years. Those who made the Feb. 28 coup happen are now attempting another coup.
They tried everything. They implemented all projects. They attempted all options including coups, civil insurgencies, street terror, invasion of the prime ministry, and execution of the country's leaders. They collaborated with all anti-Turkey circles. They were the ones who managed the Gezi riot. Had they succeeded, they were going to handcuff the prime minister and present to the world a photograph of him in that state. They cooperated with the Dec. 17 coup attempt. If they had succeeded, they were going to hang the prime minister, bring a puppet Sisi to the head of the country and set up execution courts. Turkey was going to turn into either Ukraine or Egypt. There would be a return to the past in all areas which success has been achieved in the last 13 years, economic welfare would turn into their own exclusive wealth only, regional strengthening would once again turn into a prison for Anatolia and political parties and ruling governments would become their puppets. They were going to appoint a prime minister or change the cabinet whenever they desired. They were even going to have the power to dismiss ministers for a tender.
They couldn't achieve any of these. They tried every disgusting trick in the book, double-dealing and a dirty scenario. The only thing their masters required of them was to prevent Turkey from becoming stronger, developing and making challenges. Hence, they would be shaping their own rule behind this great plan. This was a political tender given to them. They used all dirty discourses for their own power and ambitions; they poisoned the public opinion and carried out marvelous media campaigns. They used their economic wealth and media power in this area. What they did was actually a suicide attack. These circles have been attempting suicide attacks on Turkey for a decade now. They are trying to remove the national resistance of the country and eliminate those keeping this resistance alive. They are tainting the public support toward this resistance through dirty, disgusting discourses.
There is nothing left that they haven't yet tried. All their efforts went to waste. All coup attempts, assassination plans and plans to push thousands to court came to nothing. The country's resistance, enthusiasm and pursuit prevailed. The political mind managed to outdo them. But they didn't stop; they didn't give up and are continuing.
They started a new plan three months ahead of the July 7 elections. The previous ones were to eliminate the AK Party. This time they started by implementing a very well planned scenario to distance the party from power and confuse the overwhelming mass supporting it. The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and Demirtaş project was the first step of this scenario. Then a rule that would exclude the AK Party was going to be formed. This would be followed by the ousting of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
They succeeded; the AK Party could not achieve the rate that would enable it to become a single-party power. But the majority that would exclude it didn't happen either. They pushed for an AK Party-Republican People's Party (CHP) coalition with all their might. This way they would be able to take the AK Party hostage, making it impossible for the party to defend Erdoğan. They were going to establish a kind of tutelage through the party.
Terror attacks were launched simultaneously with the pressure to form a coalition. That is where they gave the signal. Those who reactivated Kurdish nationalism prior to the elections, preparing an internal politics scenario in Turkey, used weapons and terror as blackmail during the coalition period. This was the “We will destroy if there is no coalition" blackmail.
That didn't work either. So they took to an all-out attack. The attacks were no longer terror in the strict sense. The blackmail through terror had turned on Turkey as a whole. No power formula should have been formed. Turkey should not even be able to go to elections. Extraordinary circumstances should materialize with extraordinary options coming into play.
PKK attacks, Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) attacks as well as all other terror organizations, all took action. All organizations gathered under a single roof. It was now a case of retaliating against the entire country. They no longer cared whether Turkey became divided, destroyed or loses a region.
We called those directing these attacks, “internal invaders." Their armed wings now are the terrorist organizations. These circles have become armed and waged war against Turkey through terrorist organizations. They have activated the latest project of their Turkey-related plan through terror.
This is a serious, very dangerous and new situation. Turkey is faced with a new threat. Terror is no longer managed from camps in mountains or cells in cities; it is managed from the headquarters of those carrying out this war. Today, the PKK and other armed organizations are all controlled by those at these headquarters. While they continue to give listed orders to certain political parties for political positions, they also give orders to terror organizations to launch attacks.
I see this situation as a “serious national security problem." Turkey is required to re-evaluate the internal threat and define it. This is not an AK Party or Erdoğan issue; it is a Turkey issue. The threat should be defined without taking the country hostage, without paralyzing it and the necessary stance should be taken. Everybody who loves this country, who are loyal to this nation should be vigilant and take a stance in support of the country and the people. Those circles that create the source of the threat should quickly be taken under control.
Turkey needs to resist against the “internal invasion,” because this is going to bring Turkey to a point of division. Unless those, who resort to doing anything evil, are desperate and acting upon revenge by targeting the entire country and people, are not stopped immediately, the country will face a very serious “division of power.” The division of power will eliminate the state mind and can lead to breaking up the country.
The assassination attempt yesterday aimed at Star Media Chairman Murat Sancak is likely a part of this scenario. Frankly, similar situations may continue on larger scales. In this sense, part of politics, the business world and media in Turkey are under threat. I have serious concerns that similar attacks and even more different attack attempts are going to be on the rise.
Those who observe carefully the Aydın Doğan-owned media outlets will see not only the “common language with terror," but also see what kind of disaster scenario we are up against. Publications protecting members of terror organizations against martyrs are part of this battle. The publications of this group are openly supporting, encouraging and urging terrorism.
This group's editorial policy is the greatest marketing of the new war against Turkey. This blindness caused by enmity toward Erdoğan has made them a party to a front openly against the country. This is a state of drifting. It is a very dangerous state. If they succeed, so be it; if not, they have no chance of getting away from the terror supporter. In fact, the “enemy of Turkey" label is stuck on them.
Aydın Doğan filed a TL 100,000 ($34,100) law suit for damages for writing these. He might file another one after this article. But this is not a matter of personal settlement. It would be better for him to question his current position rather than filing for a lawsuit.
In my opinion, Aydın Doğan is a “national security" matter and his current position is a “coup attempt." It's not Aydın Doğan alone, but since he is acting like a suicide attempt, the argument is carried out over him.
