After the 1980s, Turkey came under the influence of American culture and in a sense became culturally Americanized. It broke away from the accumulation of the Ottoman Empire that dominated three continents for centuries, and from its culture that integrated with universal values ​​and enriched with minorities during the Republican period. It shifted from accumulating virtue to accumulating goods and money. While in the past, working in deprived regions meant bringing light to the darkness, today it has become important to find the opportunity and get away from those places. Doing paid military service was mentioned with pride and no one realized that it eliminated civic awareness. No one found it strange that the funerals of martyrs who were standing were always those of “those who knew the price of bread.”

It ceased to be important to look out for the benefit of others, and it became natural to prioritize one’s own interests over the interests of society. While apologizing was considered a virtue, today it is considered right to shout and try to be right no matter what the cost. While it was considered a virtue to stand by the weak, shed tears for them and protect them, today it has become natural to side with the strong and accept what suits their interests and what suits their own views as right and fair. Functionalization of justice has become the norm.

Although our history is full of courage, heroism and sacrifices, compliance with the expected rules during the pandemic period and making small sacrifices for this were considered interference with freedom. A co