Humanity must turn its attention to its ancient values instead of the West.

Ali Yalçın, President of the "Memur-Sen" Union, participated in the symposium titled "Human Deconstruction, Global Issues, Criticism, and Perspectives," organized by the "Anadolu Federation" in Kızılcahamam, Ankara.

In his speech at the symposium, Yalçın pointed out that the term "human deconstruction" represents a precise concept through which all problems can be discussed. He added, "Every plan aimed at distorting human nature ultimately leads to the deconstruction of humanity. Moreover, this deconstruction starts from here. This concept, which points to a significant truth, forms the basis for common understanding in our consultations. Human deconstruction is like the corruption of salt; from the food terrorism represented by genetically modified foods to the fashion terrorism that changes our human identity; from the hunger and poverty terrorism that tramples on human dignity to the capitalist production terrorism that pollutes our land, water, and air; from the deviance terrorism that corrupts human nature through gender ideology and homosexuality to the terrorism of arts, cinema, and social media that glorifies immorality and normalizes deviancy; from the informational terrorism that separates knowledge from ethics and economics from humanity and deifies scientific knowledge, to the cultural terrorism that corrupts our values, traditions, and faith. In all these fields, there is a continuous attack on the purpose of human existence." 

Yalçın added, "Human deconstruction is like an abyss that constantly pulls us downward." He explained that the latest manifestation of this deconstruction appeared in the genocide in Gaza, which forced millions of people to migrate and claimed the lives of tens of thousands. He stressed that the reason behind this great decline in humanity is the systematic, large, and planned attack against humans. 

Yalçın also referred to Professor Wael Hallaq, an Islamic law scholar, who uses the term "structural genocide" to explain this situation, stating, "It is a structural genocide that began with Western imperialism and has continued for centuries, initially targeting the institutions of our civilization: our legal, economic, and intellectual systems were destroyed. Now, they are trying to destroy morality, faith, family, and nature. We are facing a global genocide system aimed at corrupting agriculture and humanity, and this is the ultimate result of what is called modernity." 

Yalçın emphasized that humanity must turn its attention to its ancient values instead of the West if it wants to escape this predicament, saying, "It is clear that those intellectuals who have abandoned their identity cannot do this. Our hope lies in our confident intellectuals who can blend the codes of our civilization with the accumulated knowledge of humanity. Islamic thought has the potential to build a new and just world. If we are still focusing our attention on the dazzling technology of the West and analyzing its shiny concepts, then we have not yet realized our true potential. As a union representative, I would like to give a quick projection of how this situation reflects on working life; today's working life reflects the Enlightenment approach that sees humans as machines and moves away from nature. It is an approach that places 'supply' and 'unlimited profit' at the center of the production-consumption relationship instead of 'need' and 'demand.'" 

Yalçın also discussed the capitalist theory of "unlimited needs, limited resources," affirming that it is used as an ideology to continue exploitation. He pointed out that the capitalist system relies on cheap labor to achieve high profits, with production lines shifting from countries with good working conditions to those with poor conditions. He said, "In 2024, it is estimated that about 58% of the world's labor will be informal, meaning 2.03 billion workers without guarantees and low wages. We know that poverty and migration are the main causes of informality, both of which are the products of the imperialist capitalist exploitation system."