Isimiso sikaMark Twain sokuthi “Umlando awuziphindi, kodwa wenza imvumelwano” kunanela emigwaqweni yase-Istanbul. I-echo izwakala kukho konke okwenza iTurkey ifane nokulandelana kweNguquko yaseGibhithe yango-2011 eyaketula owayenguMongameli-mpilo wonke u-Hosni Mubarak. Angibhekiseli kuphela eqinisweni lokuthi kuphawula okunye ukuvukela kwangaphakathi ngokumelene nozakwabo wase-US oboshwe ngensimbi. Angibhekiseli kuphela ekuphindaphindweni kwezibalo zomphakathi ukuthi i-neoliberal shock economics kanye nengcindezelo yamaphoyisa kuzolingana nezinxushunxushu. Ngikhuluma ngebhola likanobhutshuzwayo. Ngokuqondile, indima edlalwa abalandeli bebhola edlalwa ngezinkulungwane.
I-Turkey ne-Egypt zingamazwe amabili ahluke kakhulu anabaholi abahlukene, izinhlelo zezombangazwe ezihlukene kanye nemilando ehlukene. Kodwa ukuvukela kwamakilabhu abalandeli bebhola “abayingozi kakhulu” avame ukuba nepolitiki kumele kuqashelwe. Njengase-Egypt, sekuyiminyaka amakilabhu ebhola likanobhutshuzwayo eyizindawo eziningi eTurkey lapho amadoda asemancane, ahlukanisiwe ayengazwakalisa ulaka ngaphandle kokwesaba isijeziso esibi esivela kuhulumeni. Kwakuyizindawo lapho insizwa eyayingadedela khona umoya, ixabane nezinye izinhlangano zabalandeli noma amaphoyisa bese ishaywa kakhulu. Ngokuphambene, ukuhambela umbhikisho wezepolitiki—noma ukubhala indatshana mayelana nombhikisho wezepolitiki—angakufaka ejele. Ezweni, ama-ultra clubs abonwe njengezindlela zokudlulisela intukuthelo endaweni engasongeli amandla awo. Ngemva kweminyaka emibili edlule, kungase kudingeke ukuthi babuyekeze incwadi yabo yokudlala mayelana nendlela yokwenza imvume.
Kunomehluko phakathi kokuvukela okukhulu eGibhithe naseTurkey. Ngokungafani nase-Egypt, amakilabhu abalandeli bebhola likanobhutshuzwayo baseTurkey ngokomlando aba ngozibuthe kubantu abafuna umthetho okhululekile, wezwe. Mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuthi babelana ngalesi zicubu ezixhumene nabo, kunomunye umehluko obalulekile: ngokungafani ne-Egypt, ama-ultra club aseTurkey wonke ahlangene ngokulandelana okusheshayo. Lena akuyona i-Tahrir, lapho izinsuku eziningi amakilabhu ayizimbangi ayehlangana ezinhlangothini ezihlukene zesikwele, kuze kube yilapho inzondo yawo isiqedwe isidingo sokuma ndawonye ngokumelene namaphoyisa. ETurkey, zisuka nje, amakilabhu amakhulu aphuma emaqenjini aphikisayo edolobha—iBesiktas, iGalatasaray neFenerbahce—bamasha ingalo ngaphansi kwesiqubulo esithi “Istanbul United.”
Kubantu ababehlala eTaksim, ukungena kwabo kwakungamukelekile nje kuphela, kwakudingeka kakhulu. U-Bagis Erten, intatheli ye-Eurosport Turkey, ucashunwe ngumbhali webhola lezinyawo waseMpumalanga Ephakathi uJames M. Dorsey njengoba ethi, “Kwakuyisikhathi esibucayi. Abasekeli bawo wonke amathimu amakhulu babumbane okokuqala belwisana lodlakela lwamapholisa. Bebenamava kunababhikishi, balwa nabo njalo. Ukungena kwabo kukhuphule umoya wababhikishi futhi babambe iqhaza eliphambili.”
Le ntuthuko kumele inikeze uNdunankulu waseTurkey uTayyip Erdogan ukujuluka ebusuku. Ama-ultra ajwayele ukuxhumana kuphela uma ehweba izingoma, iziqalekiso noma amagalelo. Kunalokho, bafika bebukeka njengezinhlangano ezilwa ngobuningi kunanoma yini engachazwa ngokuthi “abalandeli.” Bakha imigoqo, bajikijela izisi esikhalisa unyembezi futhi bavikela umnyombo wababhikishi odlameni. Njengomuntu oyedwa oneminyaka engu-18 ubudala wathi, “Sijwayele ukuba yizitha kodwa lokhu kusihlanganisile impela. Akukaze kwenzeke ngaphambili.”
Iqembu labalandeli elaziwa nge-Çar?i kubikwa ukuthi lihole kulokhu kuhlangana kwama-ultras. I-Çar?i futhi iyiqembu elikhulu elihlotshaniswa kakhulu nesobunxele. Ukuze nje kungabikho ukungabaza ngokuthi zimi kuphi, elithi "a" ku-Çar?i i-anarchism iwuphawu lwe-anarchism futhi isiqubulo sabo sithi “Çar?i ngokumelene nayo yonke into!” Ukungezwani kwase kuphezulu kakhulu phakathi kuka-Çar?i namaphoyisa onogada ngesikhathi kunemashi yangemva komdlalo, ngemuva kweqembu labo i-Be?ikta? U-JK unqobile, waduka eduze kakhulu nendlunkulu yeqembu lika-Erdogan, okuholele ekuqhumeni kwegesi nodlame kunodlame olujwayelekile/ lwamaphoyisa.
Ukuze kucace, ama-ultras emhlabeni wonke abonisa kangcono ukwazi okuxube kakhulu. Yize amanye ephiko kwesokunxele ngokusobala, amanye ane-fascist ngokusobala futhi anepolitiki eqhoshayo, wonke aphethe izici zamakilabhu okulwa e-hyper-masculine. Lokho kungazwakala ku-Taksim ezingomeni abaziphakamisa emaphoyiseni ombuso, njengo, "Ungasebenzisa amabhomu esisi esikhalisa unyembezi, ungasebenzisa amabhomu akho esisi esikhalisa unyembezi/ Yiba nesibindi uma uyindoda yangempela/ Khumula isigqoko sakho uwise izinduku/ Khona-ke sizobona ukuthi ingubani indoda yangempela.”
Umehluko-ke wukuthi basuke bebhekise ulaka lwabo emaphoyiseni egameni lentando yabantu. Umehluko ukuthi esikhundleni sokumela iqembu labo nje, “bayi-Istanbul United.” Njengama-ultra e-Egypt, ubukhona babo kufanele buphoqelele ababhali bezemidlalo, izifundiswa kanye nezazi zezokuhlalisana kwabantu ukuthi bacabange kabusha ubuhlakani obudala obuvamile mayelana nokuthandwa kwezemidlalo: ukuthi Isici esivelele ukuthi ayinayo yonke ipolitiki futhi empeleni isiza ukuxosha abantu kude nomzabalazo. Endabeni yama-Ultras aseTurkey, bayizakhamizi ezinokukhathazeka okufanayo nanoma ubani omunye. Umehluko ukuthi baletha inhlangano enkulu kanye nobuciko bomgwaqo. ukulwa nalesi sigaba esishukumisayo emlandweni waseTurkey.
Abalandeli bezemidlalo—futhi—badlala indima ephambili ekuvukeleni okukhulu komphakathi? Siyakwamukela ekhulwini lamashumi amabili nanye, lapho uguquko lungaboniswa kumabonakude kuphela: lwenzeka phakathi kwemidlalo.