[Hurriyet Daily News] It was one of the rocks thrown by some people holding sticks and led by Abdurrahim Boynukalin, the head of Justice and Development Party (AKP) youth branch who became a parliamentarian in the June 7 elections.One of the rocks that I don't believe and I don't want to believe will be adored by anyone a part of the pro-government accounts, dubbed "AK Trolls" by the opposition, and the owners of those accounts employed as "journalists," who are organizing lynching campaigns in their corners at newspapers and TV programs.
After I thanked friends who have called me after the incident, I just said "Celal Korkut has summed up our situation in one photograph."
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We are in those days when the soil is full of blood.
Those days when sorrows grow day by day.
Those days when the numbers of the deaders who lose their lives in the bloody games played by power hungry figures cannot be determined and made public.
Those days when the rehearsal is taking place, rehearsal of pushing some people out on the street, saying "If we can't find an enemy, let's create one; it worked in the elections."
Those days some think that people can be intimidated by fear and threats and violence; those days when there are efforts to erode the ground of democracy and the hope for the future.
Those days when a parliamentarian comes in front of Hurriyet building and delivers a speech, saying, "They will get the hell out after Nov. 1."
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Those rocks cannot frighten Hurriyet, which has resisted all pressure, attacks and threats for 67 years; they only show the fear of those who throw them.
Paper becomes newspapers; the news will reach the reader. Do you know the game, "Rock, Paper, Scissors?"
Paper wins over rock.