How will this end?

Let us set aside for now the fact that Özgür Özel is defending his own 'yes' vote—which was a shot in his own foot—and his tail-wagging support for the government, justified by nonsensical excuses that wouldn't even convince a child.

We are at an extremely important threshold, so we must first position the issue correctly.

It would be a grave mistake to read the framework law passed by Parliament solely through the lens of the liquidation of a terrorist organization or the resolution of a problem that has been debated for years.

Because the real calculation here is much larger than just the silencing of weapons; it involves the redesign of politics in line with the government's interests, the preparation of the necessary political and social ground for constitutional amendments or a new constitution, and the extension of Tayyip Erdoğan's political life as much as possible...

The way the law was drafted, the language used, and the veil of secrecy cast over the process already provide signs of this.

There are two possibilities before us.

In the first scenario, the process proceeds in a manner consistent with the government's calculations. This means the demands of the DEM/PKK front expand step by step, some convicts in prisons and elements with organizational ties from outside are brought into politics, and in return, the government consolidates the political support it needs for constitutional change...

Statements coming from the DEM front already show that expectations are not limited to just laying down arms. It is as clear as day that new topics will constantly be placed before the process and the field of political bargaining will be expanded.

The second possibility is that the process hits a wall due to its own internal contradictions!

Anyone with enough intelligence to tie their shoelaces while chewing gum can understand that this law is not a simple regulation whose implementation can be completed with a few political statements.

We are talking about a multi-layered process that extends from verifying that the organization has ended its activities to the assessments of security institutions, judicial reviews, and the oversight mechanisms to be established.

Each stage has the potential to reopen the results of the previous one to debate. Of course, if the opposition takes a position that can ignite this debate...

Here, the Palace's other calculations come into play. Time is the most important factor in this process.

For the DEM/PKK, time will be used to consolidate their base, grow their demands, increase their visibility in the international arena, and raise their weight at the center of politics.

For the Palace, time means maintaining parliamentary arithmetic, forming the majority necessary for constitutional change, establishing new equations with different political actors, and maturing their election calculations!

Both sides are looking at the same clock, but their calculations are different.

It is clear that the political relationship established with the DEM will continue until the elections. Altan Tan's assessment that the AKP and the DEM cannot break away from each other during the election period is an important sign of how this political equation might take shape.

The common intersection of these two calculations is the constitution. Let us underline that this is the truly dangerous equation for Turkey.

Because a constitution is not a text that can be changed on a whim, like a government program.

Every political maneuver made for years with the calculation of "let's not lose Kurdish votes" eventually changed the political balance of all of Turkey.

Wrong candidacies were made.

Wrong alliances were formed.

Wrong people were flattered.

Every objection was silenced as "fascism."

Every warning was labeled as "racism."

The opposition in our country is also looking for an answer to the question, "Why is the AKP still in power?"

What can we say...

Returning to the framework law, this is the starting step of a new political architecture. It is not a completed building; the foundation has been laid, and from here on, the floors will be built, the walls will be erected, and the roof will be constructed.

On the floors of this building, there is a new constitutional order where Turks and Kurds are accepted as "founding elements," regional autonomy, education in the mother tongue, the recognition of different legal spheres, and the reconsideration of the definition of citizenship.

First, they will play with concepts, then they will change the law, and then they will open political statuses to debate...

Let us not keep this abstract; let us flesh out the issue a bit more.

We said the framework law is "the beginning of a process that could result in the erosion of Turkey's unitary state structure"; in saying this, we are by no means targeting any ethnic identity.

Reading the concept of "nation" through the citizenship of the Republic of Turkey is one thing; rebuilding Turkey's political structure on an ethnic basis is another.

The former is the citizenship law of the Republic. The latter is changing the structure of the state according to ethnic, sectarian, and religious identities.

Today, laying down arms...

Tomorrow, political status...

Today, files in prisons...

Tomorrow, constitutional guarantees...

Today, the rhetoric of "democratization"...

Tomorrow, regional autonomy based on this...

Today, promises of "strengthening local governments"...

Tomorrow, the demand to limit the powers of the central state authority in certain regions of Turkey...

Let no one doubt that they will push each of these to the people of our country as if they were innocent regulations.

But when you put them all side by side, what emerges is a Turkey that is politically, legally, and administratively differentiated.

Then they will call this a "new democratic Republic."

If you buy that, I have a bridge to sell you.

Afterward, federation will be discussed, then relations with Kurdish structures in other countries...

And the issue of "Greater Kurdistan," the dream of imperialism that has not ended for a hundred years...

One day we will look and see that the political unity protected since the founding of the Republic of Turkey has become the very subject of debate itself.

Things that could not even be imagined yesterday will be normalized by saying, "the process developed this way anyway."

This is exactly where my objection lies.

Because for years in this country, a great setup has been built under the guise of "let terrorism end." Of course, it is desirable for terrorism to end.

But opening the state's political integrity to debate in the name of ending terrorism is not solving the problem of terrorism.

This will be the beginning of another problem.

For the sake of the government's election calculations, the state structure will be completely changed, and all the gains of the republic will be thrown into the trash.

This is the real danger.

In short, let us conclude our article by stating that the framework law is the first step of a process that will eliminate Turkey's political unity, unitary state structure, and, in the long run, its territorial integrity; failing to see this is negligence, delusion, and even treason.