We are burning...!

This is not just a figure of speech.

We are literally, blazing, burning.

It is as if we are in a nightmare from which we cannot wake up... 

Not a day goes by without news of a fire from another corner of the country.

The same images appear on news channels and social media accounts.

Our lush green forests are turning to ash before our eyes.

Dozens, hundreds, perhaps thousands of questions are in our minds. 

We are looking for answers to all of them.

Can we attribute what is happening solely to the climate, climate change, geographical conditions, or fires accidentally started by a few ignorant people, bottles thrown into the forests, or unextinguished barbecues!

The picture that has emerged since the beginning of the summer shows that forest fires have gone far beyond being a natural disaster.

You know that well-known saying: just because we are paranoid does not mean we are not being followed...

It is a bit like that.

Let us not give credence to conspiracy theories, but it is obvious that there is something fishy about this matter.

I asked an old friend who I know thinks a lot about these things.

“They want to lower the guard of the Turkish people,” he said.

I asked, “Who are they?”; he just smiled.

Apparently, this is a method frequently used in covert operations.

Let us convey what he told us as best as we can.

A fire is not just a physical event. In terms of the effect it creates, it is also psychological...

For instance, it is said that the greatest fear is the fear of burning to death. It is believed that this fear was embedded in the subconscious of mankind back when we were hunter-gatherers.

In subsequent periods, even fires that started naturally, such as those caused by lightning strikes, were believed to be a method of punishment by divine power. 

This fueled the fear of fire and conflagration in the human subconscious.

History books record how people were thrown into fires in the Middle Ages and how women were burned as witches.

Today, “fire” has become one of the methods used to increase the impact of psychological warfare against a country or a society. Especially during the Cold War, it even entered the manuals of covert operations, often referred to as “user's manuals.”

Let us not go too far; it is said that the psychological effect created by the Napalm bombs used by the Americans in Vietnam was far beyond the physical damage they caused.

That is why we should not view the forest fires that have suddenly engulfed Turkey merely as a natural disaster.

Because the timing is extremely meaningful.

To understand this, it is sufficient to look at both the domestic and foreign political agendas.

Could it be that some want to distract attention from the push of a button in a process that would actually lead the country to disintegration—such as a “Turkey without terrorism”—the release of registered terrorists and murderers who have committed crimes against humanity through constitutional bargaining, and the efforts to abolish the Republic and transform it into an Islamist-Kurdish federation?

Is the goal to have the people of my country focus their attention on forest fires, thereby exhausting the energy they could use against those trying to drag the country into political disaster by grieving and crying over the burning forests?

Let us continue.

The other aspect of the issue is also important.

Such large-scale forest fires are said to “test” the attitude of both society and the state toward major natural disasters. Just like in the earthquakes that frequently strike Turkey. The speed and effectiveness of the state in taking precautions and the tools it uses, as well as the reflexes shown by society, are measured.

For example, can people quickly come together and show solidarity against a threat to their country—which could be a war or a natural disaster—and can they take initiative to prevent this catastrophe instead of just remaining spectators?

Or does everyone just retreat into their own shell and settle for lamenting?

What they are looking at is not just the forest fires, the origins of which are highly suspicious.

For instance, during the 2001 economic crisis, a Western diplomat said that the society was able to overcome such a traumatic period because the family ties of the Turkish people are very strong.

Well, now that the whole country is ablaze, what is the person of my country doing? Can they hold those who do not take sufficient precautions to prevent these disasters or those who do not intervene sufficiently in the fires accountable?

Let us put a big question mark here.

But let us also underline with a thick pen that this constitutes an extremely valuable data package for some. Let us emphasize that the reflex shown—or not shown—by the Turkish public in the face of this and similar situations is critical information for the strategic game-makers of imperialism.

As for the government...

Unfortunately, as in almost every issue, it failed the test here as well.

It is not just the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, of course. Under normal circumstances, as soon as the first news of a forest fire arrived, the government should have put all relevant institutions and organizations, especially the Turkish Armed Forces, and non-governmental organizations on alert.

But it did not.

Afterward, there were a few sentences to save the day, three or five statements that were just for show.

What can we say, the fire has reached the doorstep of the people of my country, but they are still unaware of the danger.

Let us ask whether it will take the flames surrounding their homes for them to understand this, and let us put a period to our article.