There is a story that the State Theaters will only stage local plays this season. Even though this would be very difficult practically and technically, along with the fact that the Culture Ministry has said, “This does not mean that foreign plays will not be staged,” I could not understand how this decision would contribute to the “spirit of national mobilization” we are currently experiencing.
Hey, what do you want from foreign plays? I mean, is Dario Fo the assigned “imam” for comedies of the “Fetullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ)?” Did any of the soldiers of King Lear infiltrate the Turkish Armed Forces and plot a coup d’état? Is it Anton Chekhov who allocated the “Cherry Orchard” as a plot of land for the FETÖ school? Were “the three sisters” actually the hierarchical sisters in the organization of the Gülen Community?
If the aim is to select most of the plays from local writers to make theater more popular and draw more spectators, as far as I know, the sponsored private theaters do not have any issue about drawing more viewers. They actually have an issue of not being able to find halls to stage their plays.
Reporting from the heart of elitism Nowadays, the term “the elites of the republic” is being heard frequently. This is the new soup du jour of those who dislike Atatürk. You would think that Mustafa Kemal was born in a mansion and drove a Porsche to the military school. He ate caviar for breakfast and when the weather got too warm in Thessalonica, he would take a dip in the swimming pool of his villa. Then he saved the country with the help of his father and became the founder leader thanks to his uncle’s connections.
“Elite” means the leading, most successful, best and most select of a group, profession or sector. For instance, elite schools are the best schools that give the best education. They do not need to be expensive.
For instance, in the past, the Science High Schools, the Anatolian Highs Schools would draw all the elite students.
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