’I paid my debts and I’m a fool...’

I paid all of my accumulated debt to credit cards. When I had no money on hand I took a loan and paid off my credit card debt. Now I understand that I made a mistake and am furious. You see, the debt will be reduced for those who don’t pay or can’t pay their debt, and who are prosecuted for it or who received attachment of debt. Our government thinks it has to roll up its sleeves and save those who bilked.
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Sometime ago the prime minister took an extremely clear attitude regarding the dismissal of credit card debt. He said saving those who spend money that does not exist would be an insult to those who pay their debt. And he was applauded for that. It seems that that was yesterday. Please don’t get me wrong, I’m not after anybody’s money. And my congratulations go to those who will benefit from the government’s action. They spent much and now they will pay it back more easily and cheaper. I’m not jealous that aid is going out to citizens short on money. However a credit card debt is something else. It is nothing but a bunch of people spending much too much money by playing with credit cards.

It’s true; banks do cash an incredible interest rate for credit cards. The users should either chose the one with a low interest rate or not get him into debt. And it’s true; the government decreases interest rate with this venture. Congratulations. But why were we forced to pay unreasonable interest rates? What was our sin?

If the state is so warm-hearted for millions of people, then the state should forgive medium-sized or small-sized businesses that owe a lot of money to banks, as well and decrease their interest rates.

In summary, there is obvious injustice. And this injustice is formally done by the state. And it calls this operation "saving the people."

In this dear country everything is viewed in reverse order. Those who pay their taxes are fools. Out of their pocket they pay the state their dues. Those who don’t pay taxes are smart. They use the money in their pocket to earn more money and one day they are forgiven. Even if they are not forgiven, the state suggests such easy conditions that in the end they are beneficial.

How could you stick to this country’s rules and be a good citizen?

Then in the end you start thinking of yourself as a fool and there is only little time left till you regret it.

However listen to me. Pay your taxes and credit card debts. But don’t forget what I told you! It is not for sure whether these days there is tension between the military and civilians or it is much exaggerated. Someone is stirring something up but we don’t know who. TSK’s tension regarding the AKP is nothing new. Then there is a Dolmabahçe argument floating around. If the prime minister during a chat hadn’t said "it’s a turning point in the relations between the military and civilians" when he was talking about the famous meeting with former Chief of General Staff Büyükanıt in Dolmabahçe, and turned around and said "I’ll take these words to my grave" the subject would have been closed.

Büyükanıt in the chat in 32.GÜN said that "it has been argued about the contents of the announcement he prepared by himself on April 27." And this was a very plausible announcement. For example, the prime minister asked," Why did you write such a message?" and Büyükanıt answered, "Your party’s attitude attracted reaction from the TSK and I wanted to appease them." The prime minister complained about Büyükanıt acting in unison with the opposition during the endeavor of closing his party and during presidential elections, whereas Büyükanıt might have just reflected the views of the General Staff and the subordinates. And this would count as an acceptable "announcement."

I never deemed likely that the prime minister would come forward with files and say," If you don’t change your attitude I’ll reveal this or start an investigation," involving in such blackmail. Similarly, I did not believe that Büyükanıt would spend in excess. The chief of General Staff is too smart and serious to involve in such casualness. Just as the Dolmabahçe file was about to close the prime minister and Büyükanıt kept repeating "take it to the grave" and evoked our curiosity and appetite.

We started saying, "It means that such important subjects were discussed and terms were made that Büyükanıt felt he had to decrease the dose of criticism later on."

If you wrap this event in such a secrecy and say "I’ll take it to the grave" or "this is a turning point in relations between the military and civilians," then you evoke curiosity.

Now, the prime minister should not get offended, angry or worried because he himself brought the Dolmabahçe issue this far. It’s up to them to sort it out. As long as they don’t come forward and tell the truth about what they discussed, speculations in this society will increase and conspiracy theories will spread.

What’s left to say; you’ve brought it on yourself. Either they should have not talked about it and increased our appetite or now they should come forward and explain what’s what.