“They Got Louder”
(for those who forgot the difference)
The Europeans got louder.
The Anatolian Turks too.
Their voices weren’t made to share —
they were built to drown.
They rose, not in wisdom,
but in volume.
Not to hear,
but to erase.
They fear my silence.
Because it holds
what their shouting cannot bury.
I do not roar like them —
because I don’t have to.
But now,
hear me clearly:
I will not cooperate with traitors
who smear my fate,
drag my heritage
through the dust
just to feel taller.
It is enough.
And if you cannot
— or will not —
distinguish between the GökTürks
and the Anatolian Turks,
then you will get it back —
every lie, every theft —
as it was given:
with no honor.
Let your noise rise.
Let your flags wave.
I’ll still be here —
stone,
memory,
sky-marked
and unbroken.