TRT Former Anchor Sırrı Er: “If the law is applied based on the individual, there is arbitrariness there”

There is a very important issue in Türkiye today that concerns millions of people.

Strangely, however, this issue is not even being raised and is largely ignored by those who claim to be in opposition, especially the CHP.

Yet the Grand Chamber ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in the Yasak v. Türkiye case is not merely a technical legal decision concerning victims of emergency decrees (KHK).

This ruling concerns legal certainty, the right to a fair trial, and the principle of legality in crime and punishment — in short, it concerns every segment of society, all of us.

The injustice you remain silent about today may knock on your door tomorrow. In fact, it already is. Yet you still fail to learn from it.

Look…

If the law in a country begins to be applied according to the individual, then what exists is no longer law, but arbitrariness.

Years ago, Kemal Tahir described this situation as follows:

“If the law changes according to the person, it cannot be called justice; it becomes arbitrariness.”

From Selahattin Demirtaş to Osman Kavala, from Can Atalay to Selçuk Kozağaçlı and Ekrem İmamoğlu, we are facing a common issue of justice that affects very different segments of society.

Justice is bread, air, water, security, peace, and trust in the state.

If justice collapses, the economy collapses, politics collapses, conscience collapses… Eventually, everything collapses.

The country’s greatest need is not new slogans, but real justice.

Justice is the locomotive that carries all values.

If the locomotive derails, no wagon can reach the goal of a humane life.

What truly matters is not merely living, but living with dignity and in a manner worthy of human beings…

#ECHR
#ECHRConvention

Türkiye’de bugün milyonları ilgilendiren çok önemli bir mesele var.
Ama gariptir ki bu mesele, başta CHP olmak üzere, muhalif olduklarını iddia edenler tarafından bile dile getirilmiyor ve görmezden geliniyor.

Oysa Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesi Büyük Daire vermiş olduğu… pic.twitter.com/CMyltl2CdY

— Sırrı Er (@konusmasanati) May 14, 2026