Voices of Tolerance: Murat Köylü, Turkey
The main challenge comes from the government in the moment, they make use of the fragmentation of the society, instead of curing the fault lines, they create earthquakes in society.
The topic of the 25th edition of the Programme is “Confronting Bigotry and Intolerance in the Face of Rising Populism”. Murat Köylü gives an overview of the in challenges and polarization in Turkey in the video below.
We need to be more successful in communicating with our constituencies than the populists. It means more engagement and listening. We need to learn their concerns, not demonize the voters of populist parties.
In the video below the Turkish Promoting Tolerance fellows gives examples of how through engagement, listening and learning one can confront populists.
We should get rid of echo chambers and tunnel views. We should not speak only to the people like us, but we should speak with the people, who are not like us.
Learn more about "engagement with the people" and the key message of the Turkish fellow in the video below.
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