The 'impartiality' theater of the newspaper

Talking about President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s performance on impartiality, yes, there are exceptional, faulty movements. For him to stand at rallies with the Quran in his hand is a propaganda fault. It is also another fault in impartiality for him to deliver speeches at town rallies during election time. 

It is not ?fair play.? It does not comply with the criteria of impartiality. It is against customs and accepted rules. 

However, contrariety is in the nature of the president. He wants to change the rules of the game. We, on the other hand, expect him to try to change by abiding by the rules and by not challenging them. We are expecting him to refrain from practicing new rules before he convinces the majority and obtains more power. He should try introducing new customs without violating the current ones?

Then, not a fair game is being played. The dilemma is there, his and our dilemma. 

When Erdo?an tells us ?he is at equal distance from all parties,? a smile spreads on our faces. First of all, the rules that we want him to abide by are not fair, honest and natural, we know that. When he acts as if he is abiding in appearance, we do not find him believable. 

Which president before him was truly impartial that he will be able to remain impartial? Was ?semt ?nonü at the same distance from other parties as he was from the Republican People?s Party (CHP), Celal Bayar from the Democratic Party (DP), Turgut Özal from the Motherland Party (ANAP), Süleyman Demirel from the True Path Party (DYP), Sezer from the CHP and Gül from the AK Party (ruling Justice and Development Party)? All of them were ?acting? as if they were impartial, weren?t they? 

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