Back from Türkiye, the author Nedim Gürsel recounts a youth who fights and goals of democracy | EUROtoday
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HASNdré Gide had courageously denounced in 1936 the repressive nature of the Stalin regime in his work Return of the USSRwhereas the overwhelming majority of French left -wing intellectuals, together with Louis Aragon, celebrated within the particular person of the dictator the triumph of communism. All issues thought-about, I might say as a lot as regards my returns from Türkiye for the reason that coming to energy, in 2002, of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
I used to be then one of many few Turkish writers to denounce the authoritarianism of the Prime Minister, when others noticed him in him the one who achieved the combination of Turkey into the European Union. In an article printed in The world At the time of his coming to energy, I expressed myself as to the truth that he had no imaginative and prescient on this route and that his goal was to reap the benefits of this risk with the intention to thwart the load of the military on the political scene, which in itself was in no way damaging.
It has been twenty-three years since Turkey, having moved away from any perspective of European integration, evolves within the mistaken route, specifically within the route of a regime that may be described as totalitarian. We also can say that Crazy follows the mannequin of his buddy Vladimir Putin carefully.
No rule of regulation or unbiased justice
It follows that there is no such thing as a longer any rule of regulation or unbiased justice to Türkiye so far. Despite 4 acquittals in twenty-seven years of judicial relentlessness, the listening to of Friday April 25 on the Court of Istanbul ruling on the destiny of the sociologist and author exiled in France Pinar Selek postponed her choice once more, leaving the latter underneath the specter of a really heavy conviction. Freedom of expression doesn’t exist extra. For having been prosecuted a number of instances due to my novels, I’d have so much to say.
The day earlier than my departure for Paris, Istanbul, my beloved metropolis on which I wrote a lot, was violently shaken by an earthquake. Fortunately, there was no injury or victims. Somewhat earlier than, nonetheless, one other, politico-judicial shock, specifically the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, the democratically elected mayor of Istanbul in March 2024, and his workforce triggered irreparable injury.
This is how a megalopolis of 16 million inhabitants was abruptly disadvantaged of its mayor, candidate of the CHP opposition social gathering within the subsequent presidential elections. An article on his childhood and his mom, printed within the Turkish press on the event of the Festival of Childhood on April 23, 2025, deeply moved me. I knew that Ekrem Imamoglu was an awesome artwork lover, however I did not know he additionally had the pen of a author.
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Impossible reunionmy final e book, simply printed and devoted to my mom, echoes the article by Ekrem Imamoglu the place it’s a query of a kid and his dream: a democratic and affluent Türkiye. We are, alas, very removed from this nation, to which the present youth additionally goals. It descends into the road, though every time brutally dispersed by the police. She continues to shout her want and her dream of freedom loud and clear. She solely knew the reign of Erdogan, who broke all longevity information. After twenty-three years in energy, he retreated to maintain his chair of president. On my return from Türkiye, the place the repression continues to rage and the place the mayor of Istanbul is imprisoned, in addition to his workforce, I wish to say: “Who will live will see, Mr. President!” »»
*Turkish author. Last work printed: Love and rise upÉditions du Rocher, 2024.
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