White Turks, black Turks and Kurds too

There are no white Turks; there are no black Turks either. There are people who call themselves "black Turks" thinking they are making sense. They are only trying to make you feel sorry for them. They use that sentiment to oppress all of us There are no white Turks, just as there are no black Turks either. Don't believe what others say. Believe me. There are people who call themselves "black Turks," thinking they are making sense but they are not making any sense at all. They are only trying to make you feel sorry for them. Don't fall into that trap. Don't feel sorry for them. They use that sentiment and step on it to rise above all of us, later to step on all of us.  

There are also some people who call some others "white Turks" in a condescending manner. "Black Turk" is an offshoot of this condescending approach. It is the declaration of being a certain type of a loser; someone who has a rural background, with non-educated parents, who has recognized and resents the gap between himself/herself and the other big city kids at school? They hate this other group and inflate hatred for them in society in their future lives?   

The best way to let this steam off is to be anti-white by inventing artificial concepts like "black Turk." But I don't think anybody is buying it anymore. 

On the other hand, there are Kurds, our "mountain Turks," whose existence was denied for many years.

Here is an entry from ek?i sözlük, the most popular website in Turkey. Its writer's username is "ginger root," the title: "voting for hdp." The HDP is the Peoples' Democratic Party, the political party focusing on the Kurdish issue. 

The writer said, "It is not easy for me, actually, to vote for the HDP. I mean, until very recently,...