The Secret of the Kurdish Heart in the Gusts of Turkish Winds

In the expanse of this land mingled with volcanoes and olive trees, unfolds the tale of a power that sought to redraw the map of the soul according to its own will, and to carve the face of a new homeland with the chisels of the past. He is the leader who remained on the throne for countless years, becoming almost a founding father. He reshaped the identity of the state from a Western-leaning secularism into an Eastern, conservative character with an Islamic political face, drawing from the mechanisms of rule he inherited from his predecessors, yet altering values and aims. He -dir-ects the arrows of social engineering toward the younger generations, seeking a design that begins at the summits and descends into the smallest details, much like any ruler who wishes to monopolize command and prohibition.

Yet ruling in the age of the people is not like ruling in the age of the army. Public legitimacy is the secret of continuity even when clouded by doubt and pierced by allegations of violations. The intended outcome remains a declaration of absolute power that only deepens division and tension within society. The state has become a mixture of currents and hearts, and no ruler, no matter how great his stature, can mold it according to the dream he alone carries. Coastal cities, the economic core, and the owners of secular capital all stand in opposition, as though they speak with the voice of a free bourgeois class whose heart beats with Western liberalism. These forces push back against authoritarianism with a tide of awareness, for Turkey has grown too large to be confined within the vision of one individual and too complex to be governed by a solitary stick of power.

This political spirit in the country is rooted in a devotion to the idea of the state, almost to the point of worship. The state is the builder and the state is the benefactor. So how could a child of the middle class defy the one he believes to be his savior and creator? Thus, the voices accepting the amendment were not necessarily endorsing authoritarianism but perhaps remaining silent before it, aligning themselves with an ideology that paints the ruler as a heroic victim, a narrative revived by the failed coup attempt.

Yet this narrow margin of victory foreshadows the continuation of the electoral game and pushes the ruler to reassess his policies. Perhaps courting Kurdish votes will be the lifeline that rescues him from the suffocation of polarization. It is a path that may bring benefits to the economy and security and may open spaces for regional maneuvering. Still, the danger of merging with one’s own authoritarian self persists, for the leader who has endured so long has become synonymous with the state itself, and ideological programming may overshadow the pragmatism required for governance.

In the swirl of these winds, some gazes turn outward. Some look toward the hostile Russian neighbor that supports forces in the Levant and threatens Ankara’s national security, while others fix their attention on the battle of identities that turns foreign policy into a servant of internal polarization. Extreme nationalism will remain a sharpened weapon to secure the loyalty of rural bases, yet on the horizon emerge dissenting figures seeking to gather the fragments of the opposition.

The narrow victory of the referendum, despite all the obstacles placed before the guardians of the pen and the Kurdish activists, stands as a testament to the resilience of civic consciousness that no longer relies on the power of the military but on the agency of the individual. The society elevated by achievements into a middle class now seeks the freedoms that accompany such status. It demands a homeland where one half breathes the freedom of religion and the other half frees itself from its constraints. A homeland where the dignity of every citizen is safeguarded, including us Kurds, so this land may become a station for freedom and harmony rather than a destiny of ominous conflict. Such a future awaits the rise of a leader who can guide the people toward a liberal state that honors the free human spirit.

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