BY ERGUN BABAHAN
SABAH- When Turkey was waiting for the result of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Central Decision Board, news of massacre came from Malatya yesterday. We have witnessed a mistreatment which would feed the fear in Turkey and increase the discomfort in Europe. The people, whose hands and foot were tied, were killed yesterday. This massacre occurred on the day when the reasoned decision on the murder of former Diyarbakir Security Director Gaffar Okkan was reflected on media. It looks like a killing in Hizbullah's style. The fact that those who were killed were dealing with missionary work makes such a link reasonable. However, as the court emphasized in its decision on the murder of Okkar, it's hard to find who has really pulled the trigger in such attacks. Clearly, the attack has only one target; increasing the tension in the country and raising the people's concerns over future.
Those who made the young people slaughter each other in the past are now making others kill Hrant Dink or murdering the people in Malatya. Even if those who have used the knife and killed those people are caught, the real perpetrator of this murder won't be found. Allowing political atmosphere in Turkey to get dirty with such bloody attacks would mean contributing to real killers' reaching their goals. However, I believe that our democracy has become mature enough to overcome such incidents. Actually, efforts made by the True Path Party (DYP) and the Motherland Party (ANAVATAN) to get united are the indication of this. Nobody should be disturbed by the initiatives of those, who want to dissent on a stronger basis, to come together transparently and create a new movement. The real problem in Turkey is now the opposition. Therefore, the ruling party shouldn't be disturbed by this initiative aiming to strengthen the legal opposition. Actually, it's not so meaningful that two parties in Turkey which are nourished from the same sources are active under different roofs. Therefore, efforts for a union should be evaluated separately from the efforts of those who support them. A similar initiative on the left wing will be the guarantee of a strong democratic atmosphere. After all, all the parties are a kind of coalition. The emergence of strong structures as a result of such initiatives will weaken the hands of those who have bad intentions, because strong political parties are the biggest guarantee of democracy.