Former TRT Announcer Sırrı Er: Both History and Science Say “The Emperor Has No Clothes”

Former TRT Announcer Sırrı Er: Both History and Science Say “The Emperor Has No Clothes”
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Publish: 23.06.2026
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For a society to change, millions do not need to stand up all at once. Sometimes, the speech of a single person is enough. Both history and science tell us this is so.

In psychologist Solomon Asch’s famous experiment, subjects are asked a remarkably simple question: Which line is longer?

The result is astonishing; people begin to doubt even what their own eyes see. A significant portion gives the wrong answer simply to conform to the majority.

However, when just one person speaks the correct answer, the rate of other people bowing to the incorrect majority drops dramatically.

As silence in the face of injustice grows, the wrong answer begins to be mistaken for the standard. Everyone looks at one another. In the end, a mute crowd emerges—one that has normalized injustice and is devoid of moral values.

In Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” two swindlers tell an arrogant emperor who is obsessed with clothing that they have woven a magical fabric.

This fabric is said to be visible only to those who are smart and good at their jobs, while fools cannot see it. No one, including the emperor, can bring themselves to admit that they cannot see the fabric. When the emperor goes out before the public completely naked, it is a little child who cries out the truth.

Both history and science say the exact same thing: “The Emperor is Naked.”

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