2026...

Tomorrow, or the day after, when the political Islamist mentality is gone from the country, a detailed "damage assessment" will certainly be conducted. You can write whatever you want at the top of the list, but for my part, I will place the fact that this government has deliberatelydestroyed ourjoy of livingfrom 2002to the present day at the very top.

Look, around you; except for the greedy minority they feed by ruthlessly stealing from our pockets,who isexperiencing a heart full of happiness?For years, we havebeen trapped in our small worlds;we cannot even poke our noses out of the trenches we have dug tosee.

Let's speak plainly:

Knowingly and willingly, they first dulled our hopes, thenmercilessly killed them. They understood how hope, hopeful people,and those who do not lose hope despite everything pose a threat tocobweb-filled minds. because they knew it so well, they struck without a secondthought,they broke, theypouredout!

Albert Camus said, "True hope is being able to rebel even in themidst of despair." A beautifulsentiment.just, soto speak...

We also keep saying that in the current state and conditions of the countrywe do not have the luxury of losing hope,but how much strength do we have leftto do this?

For instance, 'entering the new year' no longer excites anyoneall that much. Aside from a fewclichéd messages sentvia WhatsApp, very few people go to any real trouble for their relatives, loved ones, or friendsto show they care.wishing for things from the heart. Health, prosperity, happiness, and so on… Since nothing will change anyway, thethoughts that holdminds captive; tLearned helplessness... It is as if everyone has somehow resigned themselves to their fate.

Let us come to the country'ssorry state!

We do not have a crystal ball, nor have wedrunk water from a fortune teller'scup, but what we can see, what we can understLet us make a "projection" based on what we can interpret.

As we enter 2026, Turkey has neither a wave of hope nor any realsign of a recovery. On the contrary, we are speeding toward thecliff like a truck withbroken brakes. The only thing that exists is postponed troubles, postponedcrises, critical issues sweptunder the rugthat hold great importance...

A year where the government says, "let's just get by" until a snapelection or a constitutional amendment to be made with the support of the Kurds;and where the people of our country ask, "how much longer can we endure?" ahead of us.

"To call it a joke would be an understatement; we are more in a dystopianrealitywithin.

The government claims the economy isgrowinggovernments claim that inflation has started to fall, that poverty and unemployment are decreasing, but thesesentenceshave literally zerocorrespondence in daily life.

It seems they will try to save the situation in 2026 as well with perception operations towill shine.

It is not as they tryto push on us: The retiree has been effectively liquidated from life. Theworker is below the poverty or even thestarvationline. The middle class, which is gradually being leveled to the ground, is now just a social nostalgia.

We know that this picture is not an economic crisis; it is a deliberatechoice. The governmentis not burdening capital, but rather the people of this country, and it is marketing this as“stability.”

What is more serious is this: The opposition describes this picture, but when it comes to seriously holding them accountable, it hits the brakes.

In 2026, Erdoğan–Bahsteel linein a surprise should not be expected. Nomatter what anyone says, beyond a coalition, there is an institutionalized alliance working for the interests of imperialism. For thisalliance, the biggest risk is not the ballotbox; it is the political and socialsituation in the country. dissolution.

2026 seems to be the year for them to prevent thisdissolution.It appears so.

The recent operations they conducted in their own backyardwere like a flare for this. The “terror”heading,and the external threattheir rhetoric will also serve this purpose.

It is not difficult to predict that the issue of a new constitution will bethe most discussedtopic and one thatclosely concerns Turkey'ssurvival in 2026. There is no realdemocratizationnor is there any intention to reconcile or seek a social consensus. The government's onlyconcern is to build a new regime that will keep Tayyip Erdoğan in his seat until his inevitable end. Before the Kurds,however, there lies a historic opportunity forthemselves.

Itisclear thTheyare waiting to plant dynamite at the foundations of the countryto blow it up.

Will the opposition fallfor this game?

Highly likely...

While saying "let's be at the table," there is a high probability of taking part in themenu.

While the overwhelming majority of my fellow citizensare struggling to make ends meet, who benefits from engaging in politics over constitutional topics whose purpose andintended beneficiaries are actually quite clear? Whose interests are servedby this?

Unfortunately, the government's...

In 2026, this realthechange, theopposition that does not want to see it will enter 2027 by payingheavy prices ; let us warn them now.

Of course, Tayyip Erdoğan'sdomestic sthe possibility that he might make a U-turn on the Kurdish issue when he feels corneredshould not be ignored. After shifting into reverse and leaving the Kurdish nationalists and the CHP empty-handedandfrustrated,he will then turn the matter into a permanent securitydossier.if itbrings it to a state let us not be surprised. This file will not be opened immediately, but it will continue to sit on the table; it remains there as a tool of pressure that can beused at any moment.

Iin such a situation, we can think that it will keep DEM as a multi-functionalapparatus withinthe system.Inthatcase, it will neither be fullyexcluded nor fullyis accepted as a legitimate interlocutor. This state of controlled tension continues to be one of the mostpowerful tools that the governmentwill use to dominatepolitics.However, the real

decisive factor in thisis the internaldynamics.not, external developments...

If a stone does not fall on the heads of Trump and Netanyahuunexpectedly, in 2026, US–Turkey relationships seem to be completely breaking away from the fairy tale of a "strategic partnership." The trend isis ahead. In the middle, there is acold reality: For the US, Turkey is an indispensable but unreliable ally.How much longer they can continue to muddle throughwith short passes in a confined space isuncertain.In northern Syria, the

PKK'saffiliate organizations will continue to press on Turkey'snerve endings. No one should wait in vain; the US and Israel will not abandon this card. No matter how much Turkey objects, it does not have the power to disrupt the game. The government will use this impasse throughout 2026 as ajustification for hardeningdomestic politics.It will be used as apretext.

Let's come to Europe...

From the perspective of the EU,Turkey'sposition is clear: Not a member,not a partner, but agatekeeper.The government seems to have accepted this situation asappears. Democracy, human rights, the rule of law, freedom of expression… They have all been left among the dusty pages ofhistory.

No one should expect a new chapter on the Israel issue either. A hardturnstatements, high-pitched outbursts, but on the other hand, trade that never stops... The government's politics, which, like a typical self-serving tool, only works in its own favor!

As the Middle East is being reshaped, Turkey is not a decisive player in this game; it is a reactive actin a position of example. A country that does not shape developments, but rather tries to adapt to developments.

On the other hand, the still unresolved Russia–The Ukraine war,the pot beginning to boil in Iran, the UAVs flying over the country, the Cyprus issue, Israel corneringTurkey in theEastern Mediterranean together with Greece and the Greek Cypriots, and so on...

Inshort,In short, it is understood that 2026 willnot be an easy year at all for Turkey.The people of my country, especially from an economicperspective, may perhaps long for the year they left behind.

But let us still not bury our hopesin the ground, and as I concludethe article, for 2026 ILet's make three wishes for 2026Hmm...

The first one is already known to everyone.

As for the other two: May the new year bring us all firstly health, happiness, and prosperity; and to the world, peace and jlet us write by saying it brings securityand put a period to our article.