What should I tell my readers, Mr Ekmeleddin?

A reader who recently commented under the name “Kasım Gül” in the digital version of my column is actually quite right in his comment. Am I right, Mr. Ekmeleddin?

I asked a question in the column about whether you have done all you could for Gaza in 2009, maybe even sacrifice your skiing trip in the Alps?

My reader commented: “I'm an ordinary citizen. I don't have research opportunities, but you have written about İhsanoğlu's ski trip in the Alps and have repeated it today as if it was true. I don't think column writing should be like this. You can say you do not agree with Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, but you're writing about incidents that we only hear about from you, is this not some kind of perception management?”

This is true…

How should I answer, Mr. Ekmeleddin?

At the end of the day, my research means are also limited. I can only ask you from this column whether it is right or not, even though my sources are reliable. I can't think of any other method.

Would you consider it worth answering positively or negatively so that we reach the truth?

Let me clarify the situation. The question was this:

-    It was New Year’s Eve in 2009. While Israel was conducting Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, you were the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Including children, 1,133 Palestinians were massacred and more than 4,500 were injured.

-    Is it true that during these atrocities, you were keeping “cool” and did not disrupt your ski trip in the Swiss Alps?  

-    Could you not have used your identity as the former OIC secretary general, which you are using today in your election campaign, at...