This was written by a turkish newspaper warning parents about bt3 and k-pop.
(Sorry if there is any errors and I skiped some parts)
" K-Pop danger" spreading from the Far East.
Far-Eastern music groups, especially K-pop groups which is spreading from South Korea is getting the world's youth under their influence. Experts points out that they cause the 12-18 age group of cultural disinformation and warned families and authorities to take precautions.
In English, "K-Pop" is the abbreviation of "Korean Pop" groups, with the music style they produce they are crossing the borders of their country and reaching a certain age group within the youth in many countries and they are high in demand
To reach the pure "perfection" image, the members are controled from their clothes to their mimics, from their everyday life to their private life, even up to their family relationship. They often undergo a difficult process and after finishing this special training they can step into "professionalism".
Those K-pop groups visuals are made of colorful Mv's, different clothes, dances, looks and lifestyle. Their fan base is following them closely and are looking up to them as role models.
Just like the rest of the world, in Turkey too they are popular amongs the youth and their behaviors are taken as an example. Experts are pointing out that those members image and behaviors are guiding towards "genderlessness" and warns parents to be careful and cautions authorities to take precautions.
"THEY HAVE CREATED A SUB CULTURE"
The rector of Üsküdar University Psychiatry Specialist Dr. Nevzat Tarhan, made a statement to a
correspondent in which he said that to understand this trend that has been spreading amongs the youth, we have to have a good understanding of the psychology of the teenage years.
The youth in their teenage years asks questions like "Who am I, where should I turn toward, why?" and are experiencing an identity confusion explains Tarhan. He also adds that the youth within this identity chaos is trying to identify themselves with the identity they have taken an interest with.
During this period, if there isn't any example that will make them happy the youth will seach for a support that they can connect with says professor Dr. Tarhan. He noted that those kind of groups or any kind of computer game will affect them greatly and make them addicted.
K-Pop has three main traits that affect young people, Tarhan said:
"They act like a religious group. They can't fall in love or use drugs. Genderlessness is recommended and they are expecting a strong loyalty from their fans.They also carry out charity gatherings among themselves in a way that many big organizations are not able to do. They are affecting the youth idealistic feelings in this sense of solidarity. They have created a sub culture. And with those traits they have created an ideology of heroes."
"IT CAUSES DIGITAL ADDICTION"
Tarhan says young people's interest in these music groups results in digital addiction and adds:
"This youth which is called the Z generation, live in the digital world. Technology in South Korea is used very well. Technology addiction is very common among young people. South Korea has the highest rate of people addicted to technology. That's the reason why those groups have come out of Korea and spread through the internet. Let's not approach this as a conspiracy scenario, there is a sociological truth here. Adults are not able to understand the language the young generation understands. They speak with a different language. They are the native citizens of the digital world, and older people are immigrant. If we can't understand their language we will lose the youth. The world's future will be affected. This is a serious social problem, we need to see this."
Professor Dr. Tarhan says in families with protective parents that doesn't allow their children to go out and play, but let their children use the internet in their homes are causing them to be friendless. So in return the children turn towards that kind of trends.
Tarhan emphasizes that the key concept here is "family". He says children who can talk about everything with their parents are less exposed to potential risks coming through social media.
"CHILDREN WITH GOOD FAMİLY TIES ARE NOT EXPOSED TO THİS KIND OF SITUATIONS"
Tarhan emphasized the need for teachers to carry out awareness studies about this in schools and said:
"The Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services needs to prepare a report quickly on this issue, so that families can raise awareness and without making the children panic. They need to ensure that the children review their point of view about what is right and wrong. Children that have good family ties are not exposed to this kind of situations."
"IT'S CREATING SEXUAL CHAOS"
Human Rights and Justice Movement's (IHAK) President Attorney Cihad Gökdemir has being talking about the negative effects that K-pop groups has on the youth in Turkey. He says that in the world popular cultures have been spread at different times and different geographical locations but they should not be seen as independent from political movements in the world.
THEY ARE USED FOR A POLITICAL PURPOSE
Sometimes people make them come out for a political purpose, and sometimes a movement that just come out can be channeled and used for a political purpose, says Gökdemir .
Gökdemir argues that the reason why the imperialist order aims to spread the Eastern culture is to create chaos, people who wants to rule the world are trying to make their dream come true by creating chaos.
A CHAOS WHERE GENDERS ARE GONE
Gokdemir says next to chaos created through economic, social, political and the social media, there is a "sexual chaos" created and he continues:
"Meaning this is a chaos in which the genders have been removed. Those groups who are called K-pop are fully made up of genderless boys and girls.They attract attention with their clothes and the way they behave with each other on stage. They specialy target the 12-18 years old girls group from the conservative community. Because the conservative community says this "Western culture is bad culture but the East has moral values." That's why people say the Eastern culture is closer to our culture and it's easier for them to enforce that culture on us. Families who have focused on rejecting everything coming from the west have no self defense against cultural trends coming from the East. Since they have no defence mechanism, they don't know how to protect their kids."
Gökdemir pointed out that these works seem innocent but they aim to create a new culture by creating sexual chaos.
Digital communication specialist Said Ercan says, Kpop groups like BT3 are wearing Lgbt rainbow colors and symbols in their clothes, "Wearing a lot of make-up, and looking metrosexual they are portraying a " middle gender". They aim to behave equaly to all genders" he said.
Ercan says unconsciously children are affected by those trends, with the "Love Myself" movement they are creating a narcissist character. With mottos like "You are precious, love yourself, don't let people tell you what to do" and children are going to oppose people that intervene in their lives. Legally Turkey could maybe ban access to the group on the internet and parents could be warned. A lot of parents are not aware of this situation" he assessed.
Ercan says that over time the K-pop groups become the "meaning of the lives" of their followers. "There are teenage fans who called the members "my children". They use the members name and pictures, they don't have real accounts. They are living a full integration. With the smallest criticism they gather and start a lynch movement" he said.
Ercan argues that the K-Pop trend is to end gender and religion project. "This project is to prepare and neutralize the Z generation, in other words it's a robotisation of people project. A cultural imperialism is imposed to the world from South Korea., and these groups are made famous to be taken as role models" he added.
https://www.sabah.com.tr/galeri/dunya/uzak-dogudan-yayilan-k-pop-tehlikesi/18