Today I will not talk about politics. Instead I’d like to share with you what sort of Turkey, where politics are unfortunately the chief determining factor, I dream of and what sort of Turkey I want to wake up to on the morning of July 23. Of course, the things I will write are not what will immediately happen on the morning of July 23. They are what I dream will have been realized at the end of the new term to begin on that morning. When I wake up on July 23, it should be in a Turkey where social welfare and happiness are at a level at which people will not be ashamed of what they have individually. A Turkey where every citizen has an income that meets their fundamental needs, and where poverty and unemployment have been eradicated. A Turkey where buying a simple toy for your child will not make you feel guilty, with the thoughts of poverty-stricken children in your mind.
When I wake up on July 23, it should be in a Turkey where nobody is discriminated against because of their ethnic background, religious identity or lifestyle. The state should never exclude certain groups of its citizens for this or that reason. Headscarf-wearing students as well as those who don’t wear them should be able to freely exercise their right to education. Headscarf wearing or miniskirt wearing -- all women should be able to benefit from public services. And all of them should be able to be employed in public service without facing any problems. This should be a Turkey where everyone respects everybody else’s lifestyle. A Turkey where nobody is treated with contempt, whether they be Kurdish, Greek, Armenian, Alevi, Syriac or Sunni.
When I wake up on July 23, it should be in such a Turkey that doesn’t perpetuate an opposition focused on lies and destruction, or the hubris of believing they know everything and rely on the public’s support. While the opposition supports all leaps in favor of the country, the government should seek the opposition’s contentment.
When I wake up on July 23, it should be in such a Turkey that people should never doubt their own military in relation to the future of democracy. Members of the security forces whose only responsibility is to establish security and peace should not be found to be members of gangs as they are today, but only trying to crack down on gangs.
When I wake up on July 23, it should be in a Turkey that is home to a massive reform process in which democracy, human rights and liberties grow by leaps and bounds. Help should not be sought from primitive fascism or totalitarian statements that sanctify the state.
When I wake up on July 23, it should be in such a Turkey that the rule of law should not exist only on paper. The law should be rescued from becoming a fatal spider’s web where the strong kills and the weak are helplessly stuck. The power of the right should prevail over the right of the powerful.
When I wake up on July 23, it should be in such a Turkey that those who commit a crime should be punished, not those who unearthed it, as was the case in the Şemdinli incident. This should be in such a Turkey that the difference between those who want to serve the country and those who want the country to serve them must be realized. It should cease to be a country where people’s lives are destroyed after being labeled with attributes they don’t deserve.
When I wake up on July 23, it should be in such a Turkey that we should never again come across the brazen cheekiness of former businessmen who pretend to be the paragon of virtue after siphoning off billions of dollars from the country and emptying its banks.
When I wake up on July 23, it should be in a Turkey that is not a trash can of shameless politicians who act as if the country were committed to them although they were tested many times in the past, and who think politics means lying and lying means politics.
When I wake up on July 23, it should be in a Turkey where heartless, ruthless and malevolent forces that generate artificial threats, such as saying the republic and secularism is in danger, should no longer be allowed to divide people into camps and plant seeds of hatred and enmity as freely as they can today.
When I wake up on July 23, it should be in a Turkey where you shouldn’t question whether you have inflicted harm upon your child by causing its conception.
When I wake up on July 23, it should be in a Turkey envied for its social welfare, peace, internal harmony and level of contentment. It should become a country that gives direction to global developments with its constructive contributions.
The Turkey I will wake up to on July 23 should be a colorful and exciting dream that will make me feel happy to have woken up.
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