Monday, December 3, 2007
Can Turks be trusted with their own future?
The ruling elite should continue to make all important decisions for a while because the people are not yet mature enough to do so but this does not mean that this situation is permanent. Participating in the important decisions of people should be target and the elite should try to work on this issue in order to reach the target. This issue needs time. For instance; although Atatürk had founded the Turkish Republic and wanted to have secularism, caliphate which was completely against secularism still existed because he knew that it was not time to live with secularism for people and if secularism was accepted, this would also create negative reactions towards the Republic and Atatürk. For these reasons, the secularism was accepted by not only government but also citizens after time passed. Another example concerning this restriction of the elite is that Atatürk had founded a political party and there was only a party to vote but after time passed another political party needed and founded. It can't be denied that implementing of multiparty elections took time and unsuccessful events occured but it happened at the end. And today, we can see lots of political views appear in Turkey. To sum up, the elite should continue to make important decisions for a while and they should also walk towards target which the people can participate in ruling the country.
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Thanks for following the posting instructions precisely.
A few comments:
1. A very interesting topic sentence which draws the reader in.
2. Your argument overall is well-thought out and coherent. The only potentially confusing sentence is this: "Participating in the important decisions of people should be target". Whose target? Do you mean that the people should gradually increase their participation in government, or that the elite should gradually hand over more power to the people?
I'm so sorry sending comment late. I mean that the people should gradually increase their participation in government. In other words, people can choose their future, not only the elite.
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