Şenol Onay

Pazar, Nisan 26, 2026

There is heavy censorship in Türkiye

Negative comments are banned on the stock market, pessimistic citizens are intimidated and silenced, and the field is left to those who write that stocks will skyrocket. Yes, in Türkiye, only one-sided opinions are allowed on social media; the possibility of other directions cannot be discussed. Three years ago, when the index was around 7-8 thousand, the prices of hundreds of stocks were twice as high as when the index tested 14616; during this time, inflation exceeded 300% with compound interest. Do you see the gravity of the situation? Despite this picture, the IPO storm has not subsided, and even companies with inflated debts have been allowed to go public. I think a team controls the stock market, adjusting the index with certain stocks, and managing the money of stockbrokers who cannot sell at a loss, meaning they don't know that it's possible to make money even from a decline. I believe that ninety percent of the trading volume is done by artificial intelligence. I think the use of artificial intelligence in the stock market should be banned; it has far more harmful consequences than doping in athletes, transferring the money of the masses to the wealthy. Social media has become full of charlatans; ignorant people who don't even know basic accounting concepts, who can't even calculate market value, are posing as wise men and giving investment advice to the public. There's degeneration in every field in Türkiye; we're witnessing the reign of ignorance over wisdom. I might be a far more successful stockbroker than the most famous analysts and economists; I don't think they have any earnings besides their salaries, whereas I earn everything from the stock market. I've been living like this for 28 years. If you consider that I pay 18,000 lira of my 28,972 lira pension as rent, you'll understand that if I lived solely on my pension, I wouldn't even be able to feed myself. The biggest drop in stock market history occurred during the 2008 global crisis. I made a profit that year; I even made profitable trades the day before the tax was abolished and paid taxes. Believe me, today they don't even let me on social media; I can barely access my account on platform X, it gets locked immediately, and my messages there are shadow banned. I think X is getting money from governments, and I suspect the same thing could be happening with Facebook and other apps. Bluesky is currently considered safe, but it hasn't become popular. It's madness for a sane person to appear on social media; expressing accurate and unbiased opinions is impossible.

Cumartesi, Nisan 25, 2026

Tell those lullabies to babies!

Sport is an individual pursuit; athletes achieve success through talent, hard work, and determination, striving for their own success. However, almost every Turkish athlete who wins a medal on the international stage claims they came there for their nation, resorting to chauvinistic rhetoric. The imposition of excessive nationalism on the public, coupled with the fact that they work for salaries in state-owned clubs and that the prize regulations distribute unprecedented amounts of money and gold, further fuels these kinds of statements. I don't think there are any British, French, or German athletes who say, "I became European champion, second, or third for my nation." I know that the people there are intelligent and can't be appeased with such lullabies. What would you do for your country without material gain? Don't try to manipulate us; tell those lullabies to babies!