Turkey's recent past is also marked by political murders. Its first political party, the Party of Union and Progress, was founded on May 21, 1889 and seized state institutions through the notorious bloody Sublime Porte Raid on Jan. 23, 1913. In 1914, World War I broke out. The Enver-Talar-Cemal Pasha trio aligned the country with Germany as a belligerent in the war. When the war was over in 1918, so was the Ottoman Empire: leading figures of the Party of Union and Progress fled the country. This was the sad end of the bloody political authority that did not rely on national will.The riots, polarizations and the series of unresolved murders during the republic era point to one thing: Whenever Turkey maintains economic and political stability, a mysterious hand takes the stage and instigates a nationwide provocation. All puppets controlled by this hand are of the same character and mindset; all seem to be clinical cases. They seem to have been medically desensitized. The activities of those controlled figures are then artificially affiliated with a certain targeted city, family, community, religion or nation.
While some unresolved murders are quickly shelved because of the lack of evidence, others remain mysterious despite the apparent identity of the perpetrators. For instance, as most of you may recall, an assassination ploy was staged against Turgut Özal at his party meeting in front of a large audience. While the assassin was caught immediately, the ploy was never fully resolved. Now Turkey suspects the same will happen in regards to the Hrant Dink murder.
Why are political murders obfuscated? Is it not a clear sign of weakness of the state? Why do the leaders of this country not pay the sufficient attention to these issue to remedy the pain of the mothers who lost their beloveds? Why is the president, prime minister, chief of staff, other military authorities and politicians indifferent to this question? How do they sleep at night without feeling any pain or anguish?
Whenever our country achieves significant economic progress and stability, we are shaken by political murders that destroy the bright picture. Could it be called a coincidence? The majority of Turks contend that some external forces have infiltrated Turkey's institutions.
Those forces are manipulating the economic, cultural and administrative structure of the country. They bypass the legal order and conspire to establish criminal organizations. Yet they are not held accountable.
It is only the state itself that can handle this situation. Only the state can illuminate this mystery. If some secret mobs that are able to exert pressure on leaders in this country believe they remain untouchable despite all they have done are deeply seated in the state structure, only the state itself can combat these illegal enterprises. How many additional unsolved murders will be committed? When will the state wake up and raise its voice against the criminals and bullies of the so-called "deep-state?" When?
