The Feudal Culture Injection

The highest-rated and longest-running productions on television are mostly mafia-themed series. The feudal family structure, tribal solidarity, a life of abundance where one lives "in the lap of luxury," and the patriarchal family order established in mansions and grand spaces are presented as a model to be emulated by society and especially by the new generations.

In these series, the untouchability of mafia-like structures, the impunity of crimes committed, and the lack of sanctions for extra-legal actions have practically become the main theme.

An individual or citizen without feudal affiliation is seen as unprotected; membership in a tribe, clan, or mafia, on the other hand, is perceived as a protective insurance. This understanding is being systematically implanted into consciousness.

Our children, who are the future of society, are being conditioned to become the feared "man" (!) instead of studying and becoming a "decent person" starting from primary school.

In short; this feudal culture injection, which throws the common ground of democracy and law into the trash, is rapidly eroding our moral and human values.

THE PRESSURE OF FEUDAL/TRIBAL CULTURE ON METROPOLISES

A few days ago, another child murder that devastated Turkey took place in Güngören, Istanbul. 17-year-old Atlas Çağlayan was stabbed in the chest and taken from life by another 15-year-old child who asked, "Why are you looking?" Atlas Çağlayan belonged to a family from Kastamonu. In Istanbul, there are several times more people from Kastamonu living there than the population of the Kastamonu province itself.

While people from Kastamonu have a high sense of belonging to their region, they are people who have largely integrated into Istanbul's urban culture, are respectful of laws and rules, and are trusted in neighborly relations.

In contrast, some of our citizens coming from certain regions believe that maintaining the tribal/clan/kinship ties of the places they came from is advantageous in metropolises; they think that preserving this identity provides benefits in political, economic, and social terms.

It is now a known fact that the highest-rated television series are mafia dramas based on feudal, extended family structures.

These series present being involved in mafia-like relationships, being a hitman, and illicit gain as a "rising value" to our youth in particular, making it a model that should be preferred.

This process isolates our citizens in metropolises who have no other identity than being Turkish and pushes them into a feeling of being unprotected.

The real problem here is the void and weakness that has formed in the state, public authority, and judicial spheres.

How painful and thought-provoking it is that the sense of trust, protection, and justice that citizens expect from the public, law enforcement, and the judiciary has become something expected from certain mafia bosses.