The Communist Party in Turkey and the far Left-Wing dream of inciting an armed revolution in the country, and have carried out violent attacks over the last several years and months against the police and security forces.
They have believed in the magical power of violence, as some in Egypt want the revolutionaries to believe. It has, of course, failed to achieve their objectives.
The AKP are essentially neoliberals, and Turkey is experiencing considerable economic problems because of this; unemployment has risen, household debt has risen, wages have gone down, and housing costs have increased.
It is conceivable that Left-Wing parties could build grassroots opposition to these policies, but they have instead opted for militancy, and intensified public alienation from their cause (which was already deep, considering the atheistic aspect associated with Communism).
They appear to have responded to this alienation by adopting a strategy aimed at polarizing elements in the society, stirring up anti-Arab and anti-immigrant hatred.
When you cannot win popular support for your cause, it is a typical strategy of the intellectually lazy to incite hatreds in an attempt to corral people to your side.
Of course, the swelling population of refugees and immigrants in Turkey is creating social and economic tensions, and I am quite sure that the West very much like to see these tensions exploited to undermine Turkey’s long-term stability.
But, insha’Allah, I don’t believe they will succeed in this aim. I believe that the divisive elements will lose by the strategy of polarization, because they are miscalculating the effect of Turkish nationalism; they believe that it can be used to spread xenophobic sentiment against Arabs and immigrants, but I believe the Turkish people are proud of their country, and proud that Turkey has become a snactuary for Muslims in need, and their response to attempts to incite hatred will, insha’Allah, will be increased solidarity.