Echoes of the Soul in the Balance of the East The Dialectic of Politics and Humanity

In this restless East, where the threads of destiny intertwine with the machinery of politics, and ideas bleed into the fabric of reality, a bitter truth emerges: words, even when they carry the seeds of change, often remain imprisoned on tongues, never crossing the threshold of ears into action. How many conversations have unfolded, how many promises were made, and yet the situation remains as it is—perhaps even more entangled than before. It is a tragedy bordering on farce when the fates of nations are shaped by those who see in their homelands nothing but a chessboard for personal gain, and in their people nothing but fuel for their own fires. When will conscience awaken? When will the shackles of silence shatter, so that truth may roar unbound and nations may rise upon foundations of justice?

Some speak of a “final chapter” in a journey that has no end, and others proclaim “the eradication of terrorism” in lands where its roots run deep beneath the soil. Such language can only be understood by those who view politics as a game and peoples as disposable pawns. How can anyone declare, “Turkey is on the verge of eliminating terrorism,” while Syria burns and the region groans under the weight of endless conflict? Such claims, though draped in the garb of truth, are nothing more than carefully crafted speeches—messages designed for domestic consumption, soothing the public while reality screams otherwise. What then are we to make of this chasm between words and deeds? Has politics in this East become nothing more than theater—a stage play so poorly acted that only the willfully blind still believe it?

The talk of Turkey’s “gains” in Syria is, at best, ironic—at worst, tragicomic. What possible “gains” can be drawn from a swamp in which everyone is sinking? Syria is no prize—it is a deep, devouring quagmire that has swallowed the ambitions of many. Does Turkey truly overlook what unfolds before its eyes, while weapons burn, blood flows, and plots are spun in the shadows? And when Ankara insists on labeling the People’s Protection Units (YPG) as merely a “terrorist organization,” it deliberately blinds itself to a glaring truth: the United States supports them, stands beside them, and shields them. Do Turkish policymakers truly fail to grasp this,´-or-do they feign ignorance in service of hidden agendas?

Anyone who believes Turkey is the “game-maker” in this region is lost in illusion. What kind of “game” is forged upon the ruins of nations and the scattered remains of innocents? This is not strategy—it is tragedy. Can a “game” ever be built on the blood of peoples and the ashes of civilizations? To speak of “game-making” here is to dance on open wounds, to see entire populations reduced to numbers in a losing equation. And what, indeed, has Turkey won from this so-called “game”? Has it stopped Israel from deepening its foothold in Syria? Has it secured stability for its borders? The questions themselves expose the hollowness of the claims. In truth, there are no “game-makers” here but the great powers—the ones who pull the strings from behind the curtain, igniting fires only to parade themselves as firefighters before the world.

For those who have followed the events in Syria since 2011, one fact stands undeniable: Turkey has been an active player, driven not by security concerns alone but by an ideological project rooted in Sunni Islamist ambitions, a worldview that sees the “other” as an existential enemy. How, then, can Ankara justify backing Islamist factions on one hand while proclaiming, with a straight face, its war against terrorism on the other? This is hypocrisy dressed as strategy, a paradox wrapped in slogans. How can anyone claim that Turkey fights terrorism while its borders once stood wide open to ISIS, while its officials cheered the fall of Kobani? These are not forgotten details—they are scars etched into the region’s memory. Has ideology now become the sole driver of policy? Has humanity itself been reduced to a hollow banner, waved only when convenient, even as the most basic human rights are trampled upon without hesitation?

And as for the so-called “final step” toward a Turkey free of terrorism, it is nothing but a mirage shimmering in the desert heat. How can one speak of the “end of terrorism” while the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) remains active and its cause unresolved? To claim that the PKK has laid down its arms in Iraq is to deliberately ignore an essential truth: the Kurdish question is not, and has never been, a purely military issue. It is political. It is social. It is profoundly human. How, then, can such a complex, multilayered struggle be “solved” by burning a few rifles in some foreign land? And if this matter were truly “purely Turkish,” why not burn the weapons inside Turkey itself? These questions peel back the layers of a harsher reality: the Kurdish question transcends Turkey’s borders, spilling into Iraq, Syria, and Iran, intertwined with global and regional interests alike. So how can anyone, with a straight face, speak of “ending terrorism” while this tangled web remains unbroken?

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