In the wake of the Ankara tragedy I thought of all this yet again. A pathological political culture had for some time been running below the surface but variously signaling its presence to society at large. The 10th October catastrophe brought it out into the open, exposing all its defining characteristics. This is a tradition of political behavior that we have long been familiar with through the history of the so-called “revolutionary left.” An outlook that lacks responsibility, and is also alien to common sense.
Demirtaş exerts the utmost effort to prevent peace. It is unfortunate that a young politician who raised hopes has fallen into such mean opportunism and ethical weakness in such a short amount of time.
This article has been penned to make sure that what you did, said and wrote just hours or minutes after the biggest massacre in Republican history should not be erased and forgotten. So that your raving, ravenous hatred may forever be inscribed in memory.
While the PKK has arrived at a crossroads, sadly, the HDP has kept leaning so heavily on Kandil that it somehow cannot bring itself to admit this truth.