However, we still haven’t learned the truth. People who tried to confuse the public achieved their goals very swiftly. This picture is enough to claim that this murder will remain unresolved like its predecessors. It is obvious that this murder is being used as a means to polarize people, as was the case with other murders. Unlike other murders, which were exploited to start secular-religious debates, this time a debate of nationalist-non-nationalist is being fuelled. The debate is so prevalent that spectators fly banners during football matches in support of the accused murderer, who killed a man because of his opinions. Law enforcement officers and gendarmerie took pictures with a murder suspect in front of the Turkish flag.
It is known that the police and gendarmerie were warned about the murder in advance. The murder was committed publicly. The more media pressures upon certain circles, the more people face prosecution. It seems that more people will be affected by the inquiry. However, we still will not have a chance to learn the truth - again.
We have no say overseas. There is a shadowy mechanism which functions against the public will, and it will get stronger as long as we polarize and clash in the country.
Issues imposed upon Turkey are:
*Forces (Armenian, nationalist, Kurdish, left/right, etc) that should clash should not reconcile, but exterminate one another.
*Sunni- Alevi brotherhood should not be allowed.
*Turks and Kurds cannot coexist; so, they should separate.
*Secularists should oppress the pious.
*Nationalists should not give way to globalists.
The circles which impose these on Turkey interpret rule of the Justice and Development Party as a victory of Islamism and as demonstrating the weakness of secular forces.
The way to dismiss this imposition is to reject it. To this end, a social agreement is required and the condition to such an agreement is to achieve social reconciliation and internal peace.
The Abant meetings have proved that intellectuals can achieve such reconciliation. Sincere dialogues have taken place between followers of different religions in Turkey. People from all walks of life gathered at well-attended fast-breaking dinners and materialized long-hope ambitions. A new road has been broken, and we should stick with this road. The safest shelter against all traps awaiting us is dialogue and tolerance.
This road is not a fantasy, but required by new world conditions and new phases humankind has entered. It is required to read the world well. The strict and rude policies of the Cold War period are over. We are living in a world moving toward universal human values. It is against mind, logic and conscience to accuse people who are aware of this fact of ill intensions, treason, and enmity of nationalism. Religion is a part of this nation. A person can be irreligious, but a nation cannot. Islam is the majority faith of Turkish people. People who say “I prefer Turks not to be Muslims” should not be considered as members of Turkish nation. Those who are estranged from national values and who can’t understand viewing diversity as a strength, can only produce grudge and hatred. There is no more dangerous mindset than that which treats its dissidents as dangerous.
We should reject the polarization and conflict imposed on us. The solution is to stand on our own values and meet universal human values. The solution is to rely on nation. Those who rely on other forces and squares can make little headway.
