The siege continues
I have previously talked about a long-term and carefully crafted plan. Those who have lost hope in the anti-democratic forces within Turkey are now moving abroad. They attend panels, hold meetings and write opinion pieces. They argue that Turkey has changed its axis, that the Ergenekon case is an attempt at political intimidation, that the press is being repressed and that the Kurds are forced to go into the mountains because no room is left for their political participation.
In fact, these accusations are nothing new, but those who want anti-democratic forces to win take action again by referring to the arrest of some journalists or the arrests of some Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) members. They effectively cover up the secret and armed organizations as if they were supporting the Ergenekon investigation before the arrest of these journalists or were holding positive views of the KCK case before the arrests. To this end, they also complain about the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), Fethullah Gülen and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in international circles. And they call this journalism. The papers and newsweeklies that are thought to observe global standards in their publications surrender to this dark propaganda without relying on opposition views and float on the waters of international lobbyists.
These are performed not only by journalists in disguise. Those who stay in Brussels and Washington all the time rely on dark propaganda at every opportunity they get. Now they are pushing for the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Those who forward false information to foreigners are actually waging an ideological war within a political state of mind. And in fact they are misleading their foreign friends as well because none of their analyses reflect the social reality.
For those curious about where this column came from, I would recommend they read the reports and pieces on Turkey published in “respectful” publications of the Western press. A siege based on lies is in progress. I hope Turkey is aware of this.
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