A full-page article without photographs was published in Radikal 2 on Sunday, June 3, 2007. The title of the special article we wrote together with two colleagues at the faculty who are administrative and human rights lawyers is ‘Zana, Sadak, Doğan and Dicle’ was
A group of DEP member politicians entered the Parliament from the SHP lists in the 1991 elections, and at the oath ceremony, Leyla Zana stood at the podium wearing a tricolor headband and completed her oath with Kurdish words. This was an action that probably only Zana could have done in the Parliament of Turkey in the 1990s, and unfortunately it came at a very heavy cost.
The Turkish Grand National Assembly abolished the immunity of DEP deputies on March 2, 1994. The deputies who were detained on the same day were arrested and put in prison. A lawsuit was filed against them under the old Article 125 of the Turkish Penal Code. Ultimately, all of them were given heavy prison sentences. The Supreme Court approved this decision (October 1995).
Upon the application of Leyla Zana, Hatip Dicle, Orhan Doğan and Selim Sadak, who remained in prison for years, the ECHR ruled that ‘SSC cannot be considered an impartial and independent court’ For various reasons, including ‘the right to a fair trial was violated’ ruled.
It is unnecessary to explain every detail, the names in question wanted to be candidates once again in the 2007 early elections. Our article also argued that their candidacy was legally possible. They couldn’t. By the way, maybe ‘‘What is the Kurdish problem?’ If anyone thinks that they have not been able to get an answer to the question, I recommend that they read the minutes of the general assembly discussions on the removal of immunities in the Turkish Grand National Assembly in March 1994. It is available on the internet, can be accessed within a minute…
Insult and lynching
Leyla Zana is a politician who has not been active in politics for a long time. Not just anyone, but someone who did what was not dared for a significant part of the Kurds. This being the case, insulting Zana, one of the symbolic figures of the Kurdish political movement, in stadiums should not be something that can be done without careful consideration.
Gözde Şeker, on the other hand, is one of the most sane, democratic and devoted workers of Halk TV, which makes a difference with its qualified female presenters and programmers, not with its male guests who shout and talk in the evenings. A consistent human rights defender. He always stood by those who were treated unfairly without mincing his words. She has been subjected to insults and sexist social media lynchings for days.
From where?
For making a few sentences rightly criticizing a certain male politician whose name I do not like to mention and whose equivalent has never been missing in our history. I would like to thank Gözde Şeker for her sensible attitude as a citizen and spectator.
Soda pop political tradesman
The enthusiasm for lynching, which always continues its existence in Türkiye by changing its form and medium, ‘sensibility’ What the word means, the expected results of the ideology that has been injected into society for years, the well-known educational lathe, etc. There is no need to explain it again and again. The new process that has been carried out for one reason or another for more than a year ‘execution’ I do not want to be an astrologer to predict which movements/mindsets and which terminology will be fueled in such a country and especially in this political-social atmosphere. Racist, discriminatory and sexist discourse is not a new surprise here. On the other hand, it is very difficult to deny that current developments and the undispersed smoke screen played a role in the ease with which it spread and found buyers, as we are witnessing now.
The soda-loving political tradesmen, who have the type to show that they do not mind the insults towards a female politician and who will not hesitate to show their support for the supporter groups that criticize Leyla Zana, are doing what they know. They have always been this way and will remain so unless their interests require them to act otherwise. Some male politicians in the CHP, who were invited to the party and housed under that roof, probably because of their talents, must undoubtedly be the concern of the CHP.
Fine line
There is no harm in repeating, fascism is primarily in the language, in the mentality, in the daily attitude, and that is why it can appear at any moment of life, in any relationship, in any place. Well, in addition to what was done to Zana and Şeker, the vile language towards women, which has come to light during some investigations carried out in recent weeks, is an integral part of fascism. ‘machism’Do we need to remind you that it is one of the most well-known features of ?
Racist-discriminatory and sexist discourse should not be considered reasonable, no matter what guise it takes (for example, the protest of a sensitive citizen). We are all products of our society, it is true. However, the line between advocating the need to take conditions into account and try to transform them and making statements that risk excusing discrimination is thinner than one might think.
Undoubtedly, one of the main causes of these ills is impunity. However ‘sanction’ It is not and cannot be legal at all times and under all circumstances. Social reaction is often ‘why’It has a greater impact and transformative power than predicted. That’s why the statements of a politician, an author, an artist, or people the public takes seriously are vital and sometimes more decisive than legal sanctions.
The ideal of equal, humane citizenship is in Gözde Şeker’s style. Not in the grave statements of the swearing choirs against Leyla Zana and Gözde Şeker, nor in the attitudes of the politicians who encourage them, which disturb every citizen who has not lost his sense of embarrassment.
Swearing belittles the blasphemer, it is the blasphemer who should blush. What concerns citizens and what needs to be fought against are the promoters of bad words put in the service of racism and discrimination.
