Tag: victim politics

  • Who Is Voting For Them?

    In Turkey, before every election, people I know go into a frenzy claiming this time the ruling party AKP will lose and the opposition will win. This reached its peak right after the Gezi Parkı demonstrations in 2013, but after each election, these people got disappointed and angry because AKP won.  When AKP first came…

  • I’m A Victim, Are You Not?

    How does society compensate for all the wrongs that have been done to us?  The answer must differ from society to society and even in different social circles. Despite the many differences, there are also many similarities between how the victim-compensation dynamic works, but to understand the true impact we have to dig a bit…