According to this morning's reports, the main opposition leader 'Mr. Baykal' says the country will be going down a dangerous path if the Constitutional Court does not cancel the Presidential election and force early general elections. I wonder what the opposite would lead to. I wonder if Turkey is not going down a dangerous path already. And I also wonder if thousands of people will sit by silently if the court and the generals 'elect' to cancel democracy. By the way, isn't Baykal suggesting or 'influencing' the court by his 'vicious' statements. I mean isn't he the one responsible for this mess in a way anyway? What has he been doing the past five years? Waiting for this opportunity I guess.
The entire world is watching. And they're not impressed, contrary to 'positive,' on the surface anyway, media coverage. The West is figuring out that there's no such thing as 'moderate' Islam that can co-exist in a democratic way within an Islamic secularism establishment. You're either with us or against us is the motto of the Turkish secular protectionists and so-called Ataturk followers. I wonder what he would say if he were alive today.
Please read my recent post 'Islamic Secularism or Turkish Islam,' to get my perspective on some of the subtleties.
My observation is too much of a democracy is not necessarily a good thing unless we get what we want as a result. Otherwise we call in reinforcements. My vote, however, is that Baykal must go! Hasn't the damage been done though?
