Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely

When evaluating events through the lens of a human lifespan, every perspective remains limited. 

Because, in the end, a person lives perhaps 60 years, maybe 70, let's stretch it a bit, 80 years. Just look at King Charles of England, who waited a lifetime to succeed his mother, only to learn he had cancer before he could even warm his throne; we hope he recovers quickly, and the doctors say as much, but surely the last thing on Charles's mind was struggling with this illness after ascending to the throne.

I recently watched a documentary about the life of Alexander the Great; he became king in his twenties, spent most of his life on horseback, primarily in our Anatolia, and in wars, and died in his thirties—nearly twenty-four centuries have passed since his death.

Those who built the Great Wall of China, which is over twenty thousand kilometers long, began this work roughly around the time of Alexander. If you look at the pyramids, you have to go back several thousand years further. Göbeklitepe, on the other hand, dates back twelve thousand years.

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No matter how far back you go, there are rules that do not change.

For instance, the way humans reproduce has not changed at all since the first day; look at ancient paintings, they are always the same.

Eating and drinking are exactly the same; in the Stone Age, people tore apart, cooked, and ate animals, and we are the same today, with the exception of vegans.

Love, which is actually a miracle, is the same; it continues exactly as it was for the first humans. If you ask why love is miraculous, it is very simple: out of millions of people, two individuals emerge and bond with each other; what is the coincidence that brings these people together if not a miracle? 

The feeling of revenge is also one of humanity's primitive emotions and has not changed at all to this day; if it had changed, what is happening today in Ukraine or Palestine would not be repeated.

And interestingly, people's curiosity for drugs or alcohol also dates back to the earliest days; bottles of wine are recovered from shipwrecks thousands of years old, it has been determined that beer was consumed at Göbeklitepe twelve thousand years ago, and getting high on herbs perhaps dates back even further.

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In short, humanity does not change much. 

Humanity does not change, but would you say those who govern humans change?

They do not change at all. 

No matter which period of history you look at, there are those who seize thrones in one way or another, there are power-seekers chasing the throne, there are those who support them and thus benefit from the power, and then there are those who oppose them. In the past, they would immediately kill those who opposed them; in the last centuries, this turned into exile; today, there is no killing, but there is a trend of 'turning people into the living dead'; this trend seems more humane, but its results are still extremely cruel.

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Do you know why the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I, famous for commissioning the Blue Mosque, did not attend his father's funeral? Because his father, upon ascending to the throne, had all his brothers killed, regardless of whether they were infants. Therefore, Sultan Ahmed I told those who invited him to the funeral, 'A man who slaughtered his 19 brothers and one son for the throne is a murderer, even if he is my father. I will not perform the funeral prayer for a murderer. You go and perform it.' Moreover, when he showed this honorable behavior, he was only 14, just a child.

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There is one more rigid principle that has not changed since the first day of humanity:

'Power corrupts everyone, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.'

This observation by Lord Acton has also never changed throughout human history. 

No matter which leader you look at in history, you will see that they inevitably made a few 'corrupt' decisions during their time in power, and you will be surprised; there is no exception, because human nature is like this.

Therefore, every event happening today should be viewed from these perspectives.

Look for this in the silence of world leaders regarding the massacres in Gaza, look at the debate over providing aid to earthquake-stricken cities from this angle, do not ignore this effect in the selection of mayoral candidates who are often against the will of the public but according to the 'whims of some,' and evaluate short-sighted political leaders who make unexpected decisions, overturn the table at the last minute, and act outside the rules in this way. 

This is human nature; it does not change.