In 2002, Erdoğan entered the parliament as a deputy from Siirt, not through a regular election, but following the resignation of the existing deputy in that province. A special election was held solely in that province, and Erdoğan was elected as the top candidate of the AKP. He was released from prison and brought into the parliament. The same Erdoğan who today keeps Can Atalay imprisoned despite his right to enter the parliament, and who, together with Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, stripped Selahattin Demirtaş of his parliamentary seat, leading to his nine-year imprisonment. Back then, Erdoğan was brought from prison to the parliament amidst applause, then to the prime minister's office, later to the presidency, and finally, after redesigning the entire system to his liking, to the presidency with extensive powers. During this time, some of the blind applauded, while others remained silent, believing that justice would eventually prevail.
Since coming to power in 2002, Erdoğan has addressed every crisis through the Kurds—either by killing, imprisoning, or providing them with distracting issues to suppress others. Today, in a period where people from all walks of life are being imprisoned, sentenced, and exiled, the PKK is, strangely enough, being invited to congresses by Erdoğan's pawn, Bahçeli, and is in the process of self-dissolution. Has there been any improvement recently to warrant such a process? No, not a single step has been taken, no human rights demands have been met, no massacres have been accounted for. Without consulting the Kurdish guerrillas, the diaspora supporting the Kurdish movement, or those who believe in this struggle, a message was sent through the imprisoned and isolated leadership, demanding the dissolution of the PKK, and the process continues under the supervision of the fascist Bahçeli. Meanwhile, trustees are being appointed to municipalities elected by the Kurdish people, Kurds are being arrested, and individuals they choose are being tortured and disappeared. Yet, when asked what happened, the Kurdish people remain silent. Those who think they know something mumble about the Greater Middle East and other nonsense. What was given to the Kurds that the PKK is abandoning the struggle? Or, to direct the question to the relevant party: What was given to the PKK that they are abandoning the Kurds? While we continue to ask these questions, the blinded Kurdish people take their places in the oppressive state established by the fascist, sometimes as applauders, sometimes as the silent, sometimes as the oppressed.
Erdoğan has never spent a single day or period without massacres, bloodshed, torture, or oppression. In every period when Erdoğan was in power—whether as prime minister, president, or head of state—he never went through a term without oppression and bloodshed. Yet, some of the blind continued to applaud, some remained silent, and some continued to be among the oppressed. But they still said, "There is justice, he is not immortal, he will eventually leave, let's wait for the ballot box..." and so on. The result is that dictators build their systems until they die. If no miracle happens, those who come after them continue the sultanate established by the dictator, thus increasing the number of applauders, willingly or unwillingly, while the number of the silent remains constant, and dictatorships become immortal. Look at Russia, for example; it is an endless land that has never seen democracy in its history, only dictatorships.
Now, the protests that have begun have been suppressed by Erdoğan's brilliant dictatorial intelligence; 300 to 500 people have been punished, the opposition has been given a few small actions to keep them busy, but Erdoğan, as usual, has suppressed what has happened. Would a people be given a holiday during a protest? Yes, they did; during the holiday, opposition parties went on trips, over 300 people went to prison, and the rest went on vacation. The one who suffered was Ekrem İmamoğlu, who, under the dictatorship, shouted about democracy and equality, and was imprisoned by a small puppet group of jurists on Erdoğan's orders, groundlessly but in a manner consistent with Turkey's legal history. Ekrem knew he would be imprisoned, but as he said, the people did not rise up, did not cause turmoil, and could not save their president. There were only a few controlled protests against coffeehouses, a few election rallies by the CHP in a square, then they went home to sleep at night, went to work in the morning, then in the evening shouted a few slogans, experienced this routine for a week, then, of course, the holiday. And during this time, some of the blind applauded, some participated in these controlled protests, others became poorer but remained silent. Erdoğan was advancing with more confident steps to establish his immortal dictatorship; in fact, he has already established it, there is no longer a rival, nor a political party.
The result is that the people who once applauded or remained silent in the face of the oppression of Kurds, Alevis, women, children, Armenians, Christians, Arabs, Georgians, cannot ask why when they become the oppressed. To those who now seek support, the response is, "You were the ones who beat us and remained silent back then; how can we support you now?" This is the most eloquent answer to explain what it means to be silent in a fascist's dictatorship.
Thus, some of the blind continued to remain silent, some continued to applaud, some continued to be oppressed, while the fascist Erdoğan, seated on his throne among the blind, continued to advance on the path of dictatorship with his articulate, guilty, bloody entourage.
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