Look at Ankara to understand Konya

It is not the first time we have witnessed what we saw during the moment of silence before the football match in Konya, Central Anatolia. I have not seen any proper "moment of silence" held anywhere up until this day. If nothing happens, a few irrationals would disrupt that time of respect. When they start, the others would not stay calm; they in turn would whistle and the moment of silence is completed with swear words from all sides. 

This happens all the time. For this reason, the incident in Konya was actually an ordinary example. 

I had suggested that we should get rid of these moments of silence before football matches because we are not capable of doing it - we do not have such a culture - so at least let us not torture the spirits of the deceased. 

The moments of silence during the Nov. 10 (the anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's death) ceremonies in our childhood were also like this. One person would giggle and this would infect the whole class and the moment would be completed with the nervous looks of the teachers. 

I don't know how one would explain this. What kind of a social psychological mood causes this? 

The common aspect of all cultures in the world, of all religions, is to respect the dead, but somehow our society does not feel any discomfort in discriminating among its dead. 

It looks as if we have transformed into one of the most damned societies on the earth. We cannot have a common joy; we cannot share pain collectively. The joy of one may be the sorrow of the other. The sorrow of one is a festival for the other. 

We are in an endless disgusting race; it is as if we are contesting our sorrows. Such societies are bound to fall apart in the end and face destruction. To change this,...