{"id":663,"date":"2026-11-10T23:55:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/?page_id=663"},"modified":"2026-11-11T00:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T00:10:40","slug":"another-kick-for-someone-whos-already-down","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/?page_id=663","title":{"rendered":"Another kick for someone who\u2019s already down!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"eminabi-original-view\" hidden><button type=\"button\" class=\"eminabi-back-text\">\u2190 Back to the text<\/button><figure><img alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/section>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group eminabi-reading-text is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside class=\"ea-period-note\"><strong>Historical context \u00b7 October 2002<\/strong><p>This text was written against the background of the social circumstances, attitudes and language of its time. What was customary or accepted within certain social circles then may be viewed differently today. Different opinions also existed at the time.<\/p><\/aside>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Emin \u00d6zel \u00b7 Dert Orta\u011f\u0131 \u00b7 Ekin Dergisi 74 \u00b7 October 2002<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"tr\">D\u00fc\u015fene, bir tekme de benden!<\/span><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/wp-content\/uploads\/dert-ortagi\/illustraties\/dert-ortagi-portrait-840.webp\" alt=\"EminAbi \u00b7 Dert Orta\u011f\u0131\" style=\"width:180px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">EminAbi \u00b7 Dert Orta\u011f\u0131<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To move forward as a society, we must constantly examine ourselves. We need to know our strengths and weaknesses, scrutinise ourselves and put things right. If we want to be a society that progresses, we have to do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, when I look at events today, I see us moving backwards rather than forwards. Because of distorted and mistaken ideas within our society, people become trapped in deepening difficulties every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think, for example, of people excluded because of a mistake. Those who act against social values are punished in one way or another. One common form is isolation: people turn their backs, stop exchanging greetings and no longer share anything. It is as if they would rather not see that person at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nobody considers why the mistake happened, what caused it or what part society played. A label has been attached. \u201cThey should not have done it; they have reason and common sense,\u201d people say, and move on. Yet if we began by remembering that everyone is human and no one is without mistakes, we could reach very different outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the attitude that someone who has fallen deserves another kick, and with our egos, we keep crushing people further. Instead of progressing, we move backwards every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We must remember that the people we push aside are part of the whole to which we belong. If that excluded part grows continually, one day the whole may break apart. To continue knowingly along that path seems to me the height of unreason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us use our reason and humanity to offer a hand to those who have fallen instead of kicking them. At a time when kindness seems gradually to be disappearing, many people need that hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Losing a person is easy and brings us no benefit. Sometimes it can even cause harm. Winning a person over is much harder. But when someone finds a place in society again, they can contribute greatly to their own life and, in turn, to society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone who uses a little common sense would presumably choose gain over loss. Wishing you strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your Dert Orta\u011f\u0131, Emin Abi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The original publication<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original Turkish magazine pages appear below. Only Emin \u00d6zel\u2019s column is translated above; readers\u2019 letters and replies remain available in the original scans.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ea-issue-pages\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/wp-content\/uploads\/dert-ortagi\/2002\/2002-10-Ekin_74-Kapak.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/wp-content\/uploads\/dert-ortagi\/2002\/2002-10-Ekin_74-Kapak-300.webp\" alt=\"Ekin Dergisi 74 \u2014 Cover\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Cover<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/wp-content\/uploads\/dert-ortagi\/2002\/2002-10-Ekin_74-Dert_Ortagi_01.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/wp-content\/uploads\/dert-ortagi\/2002\/2002-10-Ekin_74-Dert_Ortagi_01-300.webp\" alt=\"Ekin Dergisi 74 \u2014 Column\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Column<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/wp-content\/uploads\/dert-ortagi\/2002\/2002-10-Ekin_74-Dert_Ortagi_02.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/wp-content\/uploads\/dert-ortagi\/2002\/2002-10-Ekin_74-Dert_Ortagi_02-300.webp\" alt=\"Ekin Dergisi 74 \u2014 Reader\u2019s letter and replies\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Reader\u2019s letter and replies<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/?page_id=141\" hreflang=\"tr\">Turkish editorial version (Turkish)<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/en\/dert-ortagi\/\">\u2190 Back to Dert Orta\u011f\u0131<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Back to the text Historical context \u00b7 October 2002 This text was written against the background of the social circumstances, attitudes and language of its time. What was customary or accepted within certain social circles then may be viewed differently today. Different opinions also existed at the time. By Emin \u00d6zel \u00b7 Dert Orta\u011f\u0131 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-663","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":706,"href":"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/663\/revisions\/706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}