'Bye Bye' Turkish Democracy, it was fun while it lasted.

'Bye Bye' Turkish Democracy, it was fun while it lasted. (TheGlobetimes). By Efe Moral.

The system is at a crossroads in Turkey. Will it disintegrate and find a new path to a major change in character? Or will the history prevail and a new mode of an authoritarian regime will be established. 

Experience and the ignorance of public unrest and deepening of the divide by the administration tell us the latter is more likely.

Newly elected President continuously ignores the voices from the opposition and critics. As in any authoritarian regime with deaf ears on constructive criticism, unrest only results in more tightening of the rope, which in turn results in more unrest and so on.

Developed countries are discussing about isolation of Turkey from western organizations. If Turkey reverts from the laws legislated for EU accession since 2004, with the so-called new penal code in works, it may as well be a “farewell” to its exclusive membership in the western club as a Muslim democracy albeit a feeble one.

That might in fact be exactly what the current government is aiming for: isolating Turkey from its previous allies to consolidate the party’s mandate and hegemony over the country and rule with extraordinary privileges, namely a sultanate of sorts. And there seems to be no force in action to prevent that from happening if true.

For all on the “wrong” side of the deeply cut divide of Turkish society another period of either physical or proverbial exile is imminent. Some of those underprivileged groups such as religious and ethnic minorities would find refuge in foreign countries as they did in the past.

Some might take the level of resistance to a new level of conflict: warfare. Some radical groups might find a chance to raise their flag amidst the political turmoil. One thing is for sure; the tranquility that the administration supposedly places so much emphasis on would not be present in the near future. Having opposition views and expressing them will be gravely punished. Writing about crimes will have more severe consequences than actually committing them.

And most will accept that because they will “feel more comfortable” in an environment where they will hear no eccentric voices. They will not react, for reaction would be more costly than silence, at least for today. 

Today is the only reality they have. Because the “silent majority” in Turkey is just that: silent.

They keep on being complacent with what the state serves them. For the restless and people who care for their personal and communal future there is one option when there is no beacon at the end of the tunnel for a change: Bye-bye Turkey.Read the full story here.

"Those who are neutral will be disposed of," Erdogan told AKP parliamentarians today.