Measuring the love of the homeland with a washing machine

The president delivers a speech in front of a coffin covered by a Turkish flag.

There are bodyguards everywhere. Ten men in suits and six soldiers listen to him at full attention.

A few young men shout slogans.

All eyes are on him.

In the other corner of the photograph, the father of the martyr, sitting on his knees, cries in front of the coffin.

A father who loses his son can?t stand on his feet in a monumental way; his body can?t carry him. He would fall down. When he does so; others will bend over, take his hand and cry with him.

There are only two persons that remind us that humans are people with consciences; the two men on their knees next to their father.

Only the eyes of those two are not fixed on Him.

We have this picture when you set out on constructing the road to the government with the love of the homeland. There is always a big crowd that can?t tear their eyes away from the platform when you say ?the homeland.?

The source of certain authorities come from others? fear of death. That authority in times becomes the homeland itself. Whoever revolts against that authority is accused of treason against the homeland.

Individuals are, to a large degree, melted down within society and the nation in this country, which was founded on the motto ?one nation, one flag, one homeland, one state.? 

The individual was deemed valuable only if he sacrificed his own existence for the national existence.

Generations were raised, being told that they were citizens of a country surrounded by enemies on all sides. 
As if this is not enough, a rhetoric based on martyrdom has been polished in recent years.

March 18 was declared Martyrs? Day with a law enacted...