!áH€ ="justify">The vast difference between Turkey's real agenda and the one shown on TVs and discussed in homes is so great that it is really surprising.

I think the most important agenda in Turkey is Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül's visit to the United States.

I looked at the outcomes of Gül's meetings with Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley. I spoke with those that are following the visit closely, and I felt better.

At first, I was afraid of this visit.

The image of Ankara and Washington in conflict would have hurt our country greatly.

Can you imagine what would happen if we were faced with a United States that says: “It will be as the Kurds want it” about Kirkuk; a Bush administration that says: “Armenian genocide bill cannot be prevented;” a Washington that says: “We cannot do anything against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)?” Our country might have even lost its stability.

The signs are quite the opposite.

Gül is very happy. He cannot go into detail but it can be understood that the answers he received are satisfactory.

I have spoken to American sources and they have informed me that the following messages were conveyed: The administration will definitely be against the introduction of the Armenian genocide bill in Congress. The necessary measures are being taken in this regard. Measures against the PKK will be increased. Further delays will be prevented. Turkish sensitivities over Kirkuk are both understood and shared.

Now you can tell me: “These are only words. We have heard them before. We seek concrete results.”

And you would be right.

Chief of General Staff Gen. Ya?ar Büyükan?t will be in Washington next week after Gül's visit and this will help rectify many issues.

When seen from this point of view, Gül's visit – at least until the details are revealed – should soothe us. Straightening its relationship with Washington is in the best interest of Turkey, both politically and economically.

Now, we can comfortably keep discussing other empty issues. 

Apparently we didn't know anything:

On Tuesday night, I watched Ahmet Hakan on CNN Turk and Can Dündar on NTV.  Both had very knowledgeable and respected guests.

Their subject was also the same:

What is the “deep state?”

Who makes up the “deep state?”

Who gives the orders to the “deep state?”

The discussions lasted hours. Everyone had an idea and each explained it in detail.  We were faced with a situation similar to blind men trying to describe an elephant whose tail they hold.

To be honest, there was no difference between what we heard on these programs and what we have discussed in our conversations. There was no difference between what ordinary men thought and what the men we assumed knew this issue very well thought. 

Every one of us has a separate definition.

Some believe the “deep state” does not exist; it is just that some people close to the government make up gangs and these people are supported by various levels of the government. Helped by the circumstances created, they break and hurt according to their ideologies.

Some believe that there is cliquing in the state and these cliques hire people to kill individuals.

Some claim, “What is wrong with this? If they act out of the need to protect the Turkish state, it is worth it,” while others say: “No, the limits allowed by the law should not be trespassed and the state cannot hire hit men from outside and cannot overlook what murderers do.”

I listened to everyone that attended all the TV shows and have followed what has been written. Some lied, some answered the question sincerely and some clearly talked emptily.

There is confusion.

I do not think we can answer these questions and the people to expose these should be those who are in the administration. They have the power, the authority and all the resources of the state.

The prime minister complains about the “deep state.”

Previous prime ministers have also complained.

However, weird as it is, none of them could reveal what the “deep state” is. They did not properly seek it.

It would not be a problem if we would like to keep discussing this forever.

Let's either close the subject until there is a new murder, or let's get to the bottom of it and put these empty arguments aside. We are unnecessarily wasting our energy.