‘No' both to the parallel state and the party state
Certain people and groups are noisily parroting the arguments for the existence of a parallel state. It is unacceptable to affix labels to people working in public offices based on their cultural identities or ideological beliefs. People may be Alevis or Sunnis; they may feel sympathetic to the Hizmet movement or they may join a religious order; they may be rightist or leftist. What matters is whether they perform their duties correctly. If they neglect their duties, it is clear what legal procedures are to be pursued, and an investigation would be launched into these claims. But if you profile people according to their religious or ideological beliefs, this is tyranny and goes against the constitution.
This was exactly the kind of oppression that took place during the Feb. 28 coup. Using the same method today is unacceptable. If a person does not obey his hierarchical superiors, you prove it and penalize that person. Anything done without concrete evidence is a witch hunt, and the people responsible for it will be called to account for what they've done.
Oddly enough, when you listen to the arguments describing the existence of a parallel state, you realize that these are part of a project to create another state. It is the party state. As in the era of the single-party regime, those making these claims seek to relate everything to the party and ensure that the party's local organizations and women and youth branches play an effective role in decision-making processes. This is reminiscent of a party-state dream. This is the conclusion we can get from this parallel state talk.
Turkey does not need a parallel state or a party state. One does not have to be a prodigy to understand the dangerous implications of hastily coined concepts. Turkey needs more democracy and more freedoms; the rest is nonsense.
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