{"id":70570,"date":"2013-06-06T18:24:50","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T15:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=70570"},"modified":"2023-04-06T14:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:15:42","slug":"turkish-youth-cross-their-rubicon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2013\/06\/06\/turkish-youth-cross-their-rubicon\/","title":{"rendered":"TURKISH YOUTH CROSS THEIR RUBICON"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bravo! Take\u00a0heart! Atat\u00fcrk’s Turkish Youth is on the march.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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This is an incredible moment in the history of modern Turkey. It completes the vision of that genius Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk, the man who could see through time, who foresaw the future. The man whose memory\u00a0is the organizing\u00a0power of today\u2019s gigantic events in Turkey. For the noble blood of the Turkish Youth has risen to save Atat\u00fcrk’s nation, the treasure he deeded to the \u201cyouth\u201d of all \u00a0ages in 1927.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201c<\/span>Turkish child of\u00a0 future generations<\/span>,\u201d<\/span><\/strong> he said in closing his Great Speech in 1927, \u201c<\/span>it is your\u00a0duty to save the independence of the Turkish Republic. The strength that you\u00a0will need for this is in the noble blood which flows in your veins<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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This noble blood is now\u00a0being spilled on the streets of every major city in Turkey.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The prime minister has called these courageous resisters\u00a0\u201clooters\u201d and \u201cvandals\u201d and \u201cplunderers\u201d and \u201cpillagers.\u201d He used the word \u00e7apulcu<\/em><\/strong>. This is\u00a0utter nonsense. The prime minister has simply opened his habitually divisive,\u00a0abusive mouth. Easier to stop the ocean tides than to shut up such a person\u2019s invective. In fact Erdo\u011fan and his coterie are the real looters and plunderers. Virtually\u00a0all government assets and services have been sold at bargain basement prices to\u00a0insiders. Quick flip resales have made Erdo\u011fan\u2019s fawning backers fabulously wealthy.\u00a0Erdo\u011fan himself, who came to office ten years ago whining that he couldn\u2019t feed and educate his family on\u00a0a prime minister\u2019s salary, is now reputed to be a billionaire. But that\u00a0hasn’t improved either his temper or his\u00a0language. Last week, throwing more verbal gas on an already simmering public, he\u00a0called Atat\u00fcrk a drunk. He has so recklessly enflamed the nation that even the slightest\u00a0incident could have set it ablaze. And the cutting of a\u00a0tree did the trick. A week ago, when a\u00a0peaceful demonstration began in a park to save its trees from being raped by yet another shopping mall, the saviors were\u00a0attacked at night by the police with gas bombs and clubs. As usual it was a sneak attack,\u00a0a specialty of Erdo\u011fan\u2019s fascist cops. Even the kids\u2019 tents were set ablaze.\u00a0Such is the violent nature of the ruling party. But such have been the ways of fascists throughout history. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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And Atat\u00fcrk knew it. \u201c<\/span>Turkish Youth!\u201d <\/span><\/strong>he implored, \u201c<\/span>Your\u00a0primary duty is ever to preserve and defend the National independence of the\u00a0<\/span>Turkish Republic<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong> And then he listed the possible dire future conditions: all\u00a0the arsenals and fortresses may have been captured; the army is scattered; the\u00a0country is under occupation. Then with stunning foresight he described today.\u00a0Only if one understands the below passage can one comprehend the absolutely\u00a0magical event that is the Gezi Park Resistance Movement. The following words of\u00a0Atat\u00fcrk from 1927 deserve attentive reading for they describe the prevailing conditions today,\u00a0eighty-six years later.\u00a0This is what has\u00a0called the Turkish Youth\u00a0to duty.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cAnd sadder and graver than all these circumstances, those who hold power within the country may be in error, misguided and may even be fools or traitors. Furthermore, they may identify personal interests with the political designs of the invaders. The country may\u00a0be impoverished, ruined and exhausted. Even under such circumstances, Turkish\u00a0child of future generations, it is your duty to save the independence of the Turkish Republic. You will find the strength you need in your noble blood.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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So when the AKP, the\u00a0ruling power, that is, Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan sneakily removed the designation\u00a0\u201cTC\u201d that stands for Turkish Republic (\u00a0T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti<\/strong><\/em>)) from government offices and bureaus, it\u00a0provoked widely.\u00a0It was yet another attempt to collapse the nation founded by Atat\u00fcrk. And last week the Turkish Youth answered. They knew instinctively what to do for\u00a0every mother\u2019s child of present and future Turkish generations knows the cautionary words of Mustafa Kemal\u2019s prophetic speech by heart. And so they marched. \u201cWe are\u00a0the soldiers of Mustafa Kemal!\u201d<\/strong> they shouted, his spirit hastening their every\u00a0step.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Atat\u00fcrk was a singular\u00a0man, indeed a man beyond compare. In Turkish and in Turkey\u00a0he\u2019s called \u201cTek Adam<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d No other historical\u00a0figure comes close. Ataturk was both incredibly real and an incredible realist.\u00a0He saw everything. His thoughts and deeds are scrupulously documented and\u00a0unassailable. And no other revolution compares to the one now ongoing, one with all the characteristics of an Atat\u00fcrk operation. Great attention to detail.\u00a0Superb movement and logistics. Surprise and spontaneity. Intelligent. Confident.\u00a0Courageous. And peaceful, until the violent intervention of Erdo\u011fan’s fascist robo-cops.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Above all, this is a spontaneous\u00a0rising, one that has at last leveled social, economic and \u00a0political\u00a0playing fields in Turkey. In short, the establishment doesn’t know what hit\u00a0them. The politicians in power, the hapless politicians of the lamentable opposition, the shattered army neutered by the ruling power via ludicrous conspiracies, the ever collaborating business patrons, the spineless media, the expert TV analysts\u2026none of them have a clue. They are like the Greeks at Dumlup\u0131nar, the site of Atat\u00fcrk\u2019s great victory in 1922. \u00a0Confused, confounded, completely off\u00a0balance, the old establishment gropes in the fog of their complacency for understanding. But the kids have done it. They are in charge.\u00a0And they will stay in charge. Their achievement is a work of art, one of genuine\u00a0genius. As a determined Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon so\u00a0did the Turkish\u00a0Youth \u00a0storm across the Bosporus.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Mark well this event\u00a0for it will not disappear. Rather it will surely intensify. Think of it as an infinite series of flying columns, that assemble at a moment\u2019s notice, and move with great speed when and wherever needed. A whistle blown under a window. Car horns late at night. Flags in the street. And off they go. Think of it as the Turkish conscience. Think of it as the end of using government as a plunder mechanism. Think of it as a way of providing a brightening future for the Turkish people, a nation of one people. As for the overweight felines? They should\u00a0think and think again carefully. For\u00a0they don’t\u00a0they-will they-will ROCK YOU! So beware all you confused, complacent fat cats. Your seats no longer seem secure.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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This\u00a0movement is\u00a0the reification of Mustafa Kemal’s liberating Borsa and Turkish Youth speeches. And this is a profound precedent\u00a0for the Turkish\u00a0nation.\u00a0No more coups! No more CIA conspiracies!\u00a0Who needs an army when\u00a0one has this caliber\u00a0youth to protect the nation?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Together, the\u00a0Atat\u00fcrk-youths of irrelevant age and enlightened minds, will\u00a0toss the AKP fascists onto\u00a0the garbage dump of history precisely on top of the wreckage\u00a0of the Ottoman\u00a0Empire. Let the nation be reformulated as a model of enlightened social and\u00a0political philosophy. Atat\u00fcrk, a warrior, philosopher, politician, educator,\u00a0social scientist and above all a LEADER, would surely grieve for the suffering of his young people at the hands of their violent rulers.\u00a0Atat\u00fcrk’s Turkish Youth is of the epic stature of the\u00a0heroes of \u00c7anakkale and the War of Independence.\u00a0Imagine Mustafa Kemal’s\u00a0joy at the fulfillment of his legacy by\u00a0these young heroes. They\u00a0are saving his “sacred treasure”\u00a0from the pillagers and plunderers.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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These are astounding times.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Cem Ryan,\u00a0Ph.D. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Istanbul\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
6 June\u00a02013<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Bravo! Take\u00a0heart! Atat\u00fcrk’s Turkish Youth is on the march. This is an incredible moment in the history of modern Turkey. It completes the vision of that genius Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk, the man who could see through time, who foresaw the future. The man whose memory\u00a0is the organizing\u00a0power of today\u2019s gigantic events in Turkey. For the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":70572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[9180,1018],"class_list":["post-70570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turkey","tag-fezi-parki","tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}