Özlem Gürses watched Erdoğan’s Istanbul Meeting; What do AKP members in the stands think about Erdoğan and Bahçeli, who is responsible for the price hikes, where do they see the solution?
Ozlem Gurses*
When I received a call from a number I knew last week, I reluctantly make sense of it… AKP Istanbul Provincial Presidency Press Advisor Mustafa Gungor‘ was the caller. live view, painting me at Nef Stadium Great Istanbul Meeting with President Erdoganinvited to.
I conveyed that my future will be caring, that he will do journalism, and that I will convey what I have seen.
So we agreed.
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heavy burden of 20 years
I hung up and thought I had passed 20 years…
For almost 12 years, my beloved profession, television journalism, was embargoed.
I was not accredited to a single AKP meeting, I either quit or had to leave all workplaces… Social lynchings, insults, fake news about me, threats to my son and family…
This is my personal trauma.
There are also the deep wounds that the country has suffered, the fault lines that have opened, and the subsequent costs… Its burden is very heavy.
With these feelings, I set out at noon, to go early, to talk to as many people as possible, to take videos, photos.
Three spaces are reserved for press and protocol.
News channels started live connections from the early hours, after saying hello to a couple of familiar names, they said that they wanted to go to the stands of the people and watch from there.
Mr. Mustafa explained that this was not possible and that the connection was broken for security reasons.Be responsible in the lodge this time, next time to share as you wishEven though he says ”… I am a journalist, I found a way and went to the stands. AK Party members watched the rally until the end.
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Bagels are now 5 TL
The people of Galatasaray were angry that their “house” was given for the AKP rally, and they wrote messages that spoke on social media… The management was Clubylem, it was seen that the stadium was allocated by the General Directorate of Youth and Sports…
After passing through the security gates, the tables were set up, and bagels and juice were distributed…
AK Party members were flocking in.
The services from the organizations in the four corners of Istanbul were removed, and an almost perfect “organization” for the rally was achieved.
But “Turkey CenturyThinking big with ”, AKP was now able to give a simple bagel to the electorate…
Simit was a symbol of the income inequality created by the AKP, which has also turned into a big “campaign machine” from outside marriage, and a symbol of the living.
To President Erdogan in his own narratives “with passion, with love” They were filling the bags and plastic bags of the connected women with bagels, they would never replace a loaf of bread whose price exceeds 5 TL, maybe to put on the table for two meals…
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“Kurds vote for Tayyip”
The same women smiling while I shoot Rbig brother the screen they look at with greetings…”Mr. Erdogan made peace with Sisi, it’s history Rabia” I say, the answer is “He knows what you’ve been” is happening.
There are those who go in and wipe the stairs, there are those who are unemployed and take care of the sick elderly at home and make a living on social assistance…
“How is the economy, is the end of the month coming?” that many people are waiting for… He tells them all that there is a serious problem.
Insurance is a problem as much as electricity and natural gas bills… The son of their family could not find a job and had to go to school…
Nevertheless, manyFood prices are high due to markets” says… “Alright” I say “Why is the market expensive?” The answer does not change: “And it’s because of the marketers…”
see you again: “But why is gas and electricity so expensive?”
Silence.
Then someone steps forward: “Sister speaks the truth, but good sister, who can solve them other than Reis?” Another teen prediction: “I know you, you are a journalist, the opposition only objects to everything, they do not understand our language…”
We are sitting on the stairs side by side with a voter from Bitlis…”How” I say, “Are you satisfied with AKP?” “I” says “I’m a strong Tayyip from almost my first day in Istanbul Municipality… I agree with him, but sometimes Bahceli speaks very slowly to the Kurds…”
“again” says “Kurds vote for Tayyip…”
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AKP’s election promise: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Hours pass, everyone is waiting for only one person; Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
I think that the giant symphony orchestra, which has been spoken to the stage with big budgets, will probably perform a folk song or a folkloric piece… But no, it is in an opera tone that we can see in Azerbaijan.Recep Tayyip ErdoganThe song ‘ resounds in the stadium.
Heaven and earth, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The single strongest “promise” left by the AKP is Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
When Erdogan’s videos are broadcast on the giant screen, there is an intensity of excitement.
Mostly women.
AKP is indeed a “women’s party…”
Those women they come from are connected to Erdoğan with love.
But there is also awareness that the “Reis” does not “understand” their own poverty as before…
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“Tell CHP organizations”
I take my shots, my notes, I eat an AKP bagel for the first time in 20 years.
When I go out to buy fruit juice, a group of AK Party members who work in the organizations are blocking my way.
We chat sincerely, we understand the stove very well.
one in between”Tell CHP organizations” says… “i am a journalist” I say, “I’ve never been a member of any party in my life… I’m here to do my job.”
Those around him immediately intervene and remain silent.
On the way back to my place, they are praying on the cardboard that they have laid on the floor, right next to the entrance door, to serve a family, to serve a family in the cold, a woman in a chador and her husband… Waiting for the children.
Next, I realize that there are others who are praying on cardboard again.
I went back to the stands… The hours passed and the weather got colder.
An announcement is made on the giant screen that Erdoğan has entered, the flags are raised again… and the “Reis” protector is thrown into the field.
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“We will win such a…”I need help from the security guards to give way to the exit. We are walking with one another”Tayyip is good, but the impressions are not arrogant, everyone is very bad looks, they can’t choose like that” says… “I asked the organization gates, they would go from house to house, door to door and listen to the nation’s problems until the election.” he replies. “My sister, they took it slowly, no one cares anymorehe replies. I’m getting into a taxi, the driver who noticed that I was leaving the rally “It’s the end of an era, I don’t think they can win, everyone is in trouble, but with this opposition, I don’t know my sister.says. My entrance card to the AKP rally, which I wear after 20 years, with “guest” written on it, the AKP’s election slogan everywhere: “We will win so much that no one will lose…” |
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The son is not one
I would like to thank my loved ones for listening to AKP, who embraced me and did not cause the slightest ugliness.
Some knew, some did not.
But they all facilitated the conversation, helped, opened his heart.
And then there are the “AKP trolls”, of course, they were the target of the poor people who did not even write their names on the social media.
It comes and trots.
* Independent journalist