Necdet Sen
"Many of old friends left an ARMED REVOLUTION dream after prison. But we -a couple of old gun- were heading on fight from the pausing point."
"But now, when I look at events that had been happened, I almost say WE HAVE NO CHANCE TO WIN and THANKS GOD CAUSE WE WON'T WIN."
"When the ideology that we stand on was down, just one quality of us remained: TERRORIST. We were the guys that robbed banks, killed retired polices, bombed random places."
"I'm burdened with responsibility of many wounded, murdered, tortured friends. These guys who were braved and had been devoted. They believed in having no class and exploitation free society. But they had been executers and victims of an unnecessarily amended violence philosophy and faultily described targets."
"This morning, I saw a killer and robber in the mirror instead of a proletarian."
"He was unhappy and ashamed too. A lonely and sinful prophet I saw there. I didn't like the man that I saw in the mirror."
HIZLI Gazeteci, Déja Vu, Remzi Books, 1991
Necdet Sen
"If we tell the truth to people, they will understand of course. Also, that is the request of them." Two years ago, when I apply as a candidate, I supposed that the issue is simple like that.
But I saw that, scattered people are grumbling a little bit and shot up because of not organizing. Politicians keep distance to the people already, cause they can't trust to crowd. Then the scene remains to existing lobbies: Believers and clans, spies and contras, businessmen, petro-dollars, IMF, World Bank, logistic support of NATO and American admirer generals that tied to this supporting.
Friends, maybe you are getting bored to hear it again and again, but hear again one more time from me: There stand imperialism over the political pyramid in our country.
Friends, 21. century will be a democracy and political participation century. Being depoliticized is a big mischief in this kind of time that history is written day by day. Why are we selected to senate? Is our mission to let people not to interest with politics and all interested ones may be trained by cops?
HIZLI Gazeteci, Fairy Tale, Remzi Books, 1991
Author's note: This story is written and drawn in 1990 and based on a question in the final scene of the political satire movie "The Candidate " of Michael Ritchie.
In the end of film, Bill McKay (Robert Redford) -after the election that he wons- asks himself: "So, what will I do now? "
This story is searching this globally question's answer in a perifery country.
Necdet Sen
It's out of stock. May be found in collections. If you own, store it as a ornament; because loaned HIZLI Gazeteci books never come back.
You can order its 2002 edition in Turkish here.
HIZLI Gazeteci, Revolutionary Sister, Cep Books, 1988
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