Klichdaroglu’s article about political-social decline and corruption in Türkiye

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, former leader Kemal Klichdaroglu The People’s Republic Party, which lost 48% to 52% of the votes in the recent elections, now has more opportunity to express its political opinions.

He is the party leader. He also lost in the competition with Özgur Ozel, the young politician of the party, and now in a small office, he is still involved with the developments of the day as a political activist. But now he does not have any special responsibilities and as a result, he spends his time meeting with politicians, social activists and academics, and apparently, besides these activities, he plans to take writing seriously from time to time.

Kiluchdaroglu, in a special note for Ankara newspaper, has investigated the main political and economic aspects of the decline and exhaustion of Turkey’s political and executive system:

Kazmansi and the “Danger of Moral Decay” (Moral Hazard) is one of the important concepts in the field of economic literature.

This English term is translated as moral hazard or moral harm in Turkish. But instead of choosing this concept, I preferred to use the words “decay” and exhaustion for the title of this article. Because in my opinion, the problem we are facing today is beyond the consequences of a known moral corruption. We are facing decay, wear and tear. In the field of society, we clearly see wear and tear and know that such a thing eventually reaches a state that we see and experience as social collapse.

Come first. Let’s answer this question: if decay has started in a society, and even some time has passed since its beginning, and now it has become deeper and wider, who is responsible for this situation?

Answer It is very clear. Those who run the country are responsible for the deterioration in the social context. Because the policies they follow and the decisions they make seriously determine the future of the country and the people. We say that the fish starts to smell from the head. But we also know that the smell reaches from head to tail and leaves no place unscathed.

Social decline has two main axes: the first is law and The second is the economy. In other words, corruption in these two main axes is the source of social decay. In Turkey

, the Ministry of Justice defines rights and law as follows in the training note written for employees and candidates for employment in this ministry. “Law is a system and a set of rules established by official government agencies to regulate social relations. Neglect of these laws is subject to punishment and financial sanctions, and the obligation to the laws must be taken into account in all areas”. Any problem can be solved with rational policies and measures. Undoubtedly, the name of this strong pillar is rights and legal framework.

The Constitution of the country and our other set of laws are the material and tool that unites the elements of society and they unites But the main problem in this sensitive issue is whether the legal rules stipulated in the law are applied equally to all elements of society or not?

“Even the deaf Sultan in Egypt heard” (Egyptian proverb) that where there is no law, justice cannot be done. Decay and social collapse in a country where the law is not applied and as a result justice is not implemented is very fast. Right now in Turkey, trust in the government and trust in the justice system is fundamentally shaken. The loss of rule of law leads to destruction, and if we do not take measures, we will face a swamp and immorality will be institutionalized.

If in a country, the principle of separation of powers is destroyed If the power and authority of the administration of the country is handed over to one person without supervision, we are definitely facing a problem. In this case, the beliefs and foundations of law and conscience will be destroyed.

If the executive branch does not follow the judicial decisions and is not accountable to anyone, it will definitely face a problem. We are.

Honda, LG Energy and BP, which have the potential to earn foreign currency for the country, are leaving the Turkish market, so we are definitely facing a problem. Because everyone knows this rule that money laundering is dangerous and dirty money makes clean money run away. members of the judiciary and politicians escape punishment, we are definitely facing a problem. Judiciary speaks, we are definitely facing a problem. If the judiciary and the bureaucracy do not follow the decisions of the Constitutional Court, we definitely have a problem.

I can point to more examples. But these few examples also show that Turkey is stuck in a quagmire and social deterioration is increasing. Can we talk about justice and merit in a country where bribe-takers are appointed as ambassadors? (Turkey’s Minister for European Union affairs, Egman Bagh, was dismissed after receiving a bribe of 200,000 euros, but was sent to Hungary as an ambassador some time later.)

Decline and corruption in the economic axis in Turkey

Generally, the science of economics as “the correct and efficient use of resources We define “limited efficient existing despite unlimited needs”.

When you follow this policy in the economy, you can solve many problems with proper planning and efficient legal basis. Find the distribution of income to development, from price stability to production.

So you meet the needs by considering the social interests and while doing these things, it should be remembered You need to be “answerable to the people” and everything is transparent. Because the money that the political system spends is not the money of the rulers, but the money of the people. It is only this style of management that strengthens and institutionalizes ethical behavior in society. Otherwise, the actions of the government will lead to social decay.

If in a country, the low-income classes and salary earners pay taxes, but the rich give billions of dollars of their wealth to They put the name “Deposit protected with currency rate” in the bank and do not pay a single penny of tax and They also receive huge profits, we definitely have a problem.

Of the 150 billion lira paid as their profits in the first 6 months of 2023, not even a cent of tax has been received. This is while millions of people are unemployed in Turkey, but we also have people who receive monthly salaries from 5 different institutions. lira, but implemented in dollar form and several billion dollars of net profit has been earned by 5 famous pro-government companies, which we always introduce these known companies as 5 bandits.

The more painful part of the story is that even the profit guarantee of these 5 government-affiliated companies is based on dollars. And in a country where the rising value of the dollar is one of the main reasons for the increase in general inflation. Hard to keep, the Minister of Labor and Social Security lies: “In our country, no one lives in extreme poverty and on the line of hunger.” Certainly, such comments are the same as decay.

In a country where the desire to “accumulate” without effort and sweat has become widespread and social network influencers have become accomplices of money laundering and mafia. They flaunt their glamorous life, corruption and money laundering happen in front of our eyes and some of them are arrested, but no one says who the owners of that huge money are.

In Turkey, the economic power of the “underworld”, that is, the mafia and drug lords, are constantly becoming stronger through various means such as drug trafficking, money laundering, gambling and prostitution, and this power and wealth Hidden and “unregistered”, with huge money and fat bribes, he controls the world of politics and the judiciary. It was mainly because of the power of these gangs that Turkey entered the gray list of the Financial Action Task Force.

In the end, I emphasize once again, the quagmire created by social decay, indifference And it brings collective neglect. The loss of moral values ​​becomes more and more with this process.

The lower layers are under more pressure. Therefore, neglecting the lower classes of society deeply undermines our social unity. Because moral fall does not happen by itself. Rather, it appears in a place where the legal system does not operate fairly and if precautionary measures are not followed, oppression and discrimination are institutionalized. It is the forced acceptance of poverty and class gap by low-income groups. This kind of surrender leads to social indifference and alienates citizens from demanding “rights”. It makes the poor dependent on themselves. The first rule and necessary condition to get out of this vortex is the real transition to democracy and cleaning politics from the current pollution.

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