Lugubrious celebration

Turkey marking National Sovereignty and Children's Day yesterday. As for the Children's Day, there was no problem. Even the neo-sultan of the grotesque palace temporarily gave his specious seat to a small girl, allowed another girl playing a violin to entertain him with songs in his, his mother's and the Çanakkale martyrs' honor. As for the "sovereignty" aspect of the day, however, it was not seen around anywhere ? It vanished into thin air!

There has been confusion for some time. The neo-sultan started reading a poem on the screen, evaded all the restrictions, fooled everyone and engaged in the propaganda of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The three-minute advertorial was not considered an advert by the Radio and Television High Board either. Thus for the past few days, with the inclusion of the three-minute "free" advertorial of the neo-sultan, advertisements on screens were expanded to 15 minutes. The almighty, most benevolent, absolute ruler wished it so, so why not?

The questions posed to the kids that temporarily took over the top posts of the state were asked typically awful questions distributed in advance by officious protocol executives. Apart from bootlicking content, some questions were indeed rather interesting. What would a small girl understand under what psychological condition someone would want a grotesque palace to be built for himself? Could it be reasonable to expect from a small girl to explain the Kurdish opening that the nation has still not received an explanation as to what it is, where it will lead and to what degree "national sovereignty" will be compromised? Nonsense, of course.

Indeed, whose invention was this rambling tradition of handing over the top seats of the state to toddlers every April...