Double standard on the ballot box

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an appointed Mahmut Ak the new rector of Istanbul University, although he came second in the elections.

Ahmet Necdet Sezer, the predecessor of Abdullah Gül and Erdo?an at the presidency, had done the same.

He likewise ignored the votes of the professors, did not appoint the rector that came out of the ballot box, appointed those who came second, third and fourth instead of the one at the top of the list and did not respect the will of the university. 

However, there was something different about Sezer. During his life he never talked about the important of the ballot box, he never said the one who comes out of the ballot box should govern and he never lectured on the national will.

Yet, whenever Sezer came up with this injustice, I would not shy away from targeting him. I would say, "Why aren't you appointing the one who won the election? Why aren't you respecting the ballot box? If you won't take this into consideration, why were these elections held?"

Not just I, but Gül, Erdo?an and Bülent Ar?nç would also shower Sezer with criticism. They would say, "Can there be such a democracy? How is that that the one who gets the most votes cannot be appointed rector? We can't accept that."

The year is 2015.

President Erdo?an preferred to appoint the person who came second in the election instead of the person who came first to be a rector to Turkey's biggest university.

"Sezer had done the same," those supporting Erdo?an say to those who criticized this situation.
I call upon those supporting Erdo?an: This means your real concern was not injustice. This means your real aim was to "let us be a bit unjust too."

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