Why Don't We Resign

Thirteen Turkish soldiers were killed and seven wounded in an ambush by PKK.

I'm not going to waste time by condemning PKK terrorism which threatens my own life, too, as I, like many other people, have done it so many times before and it just didn't change anything.

Neither I will analyze the latest moves of the AKP government on the Kurdish issue nor will I talk about the links between PKK terrorists and DTP politicians.

Turkish Armed Forces announced that the soldiers were chasing a group of terrorists. The grenades which were used by the terrorists caused the forest around the soldiers to catch fire. The soldiers were killed by this fire.

Then, Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin summarized the latest terror attack with the following cold remarks today: "The cause of the fire is not important. The forest has just burned. A fire might be caused by a bomb, rocket, gas or whatever. In the end, it burned. An investigation on the cause would have no meaning."

Now this is the army and the government that we have. Simply, both suck in public relations, if not in administration in general. What kind of statements are these?

Following the latest explosion of a munition storage in Cyprus, the Defence Minister and the Army Chief resigned. And the Greek Cypriots, who proved that they are much more reflexive as humans, announced that they won't stop protesting until President Christofias will resign.

Shame on our ministers and army commanders. Shame on our culture that makes resignations impossible.