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Turkish soldiers angry for not taking part in oppressing Kurds
4/9/2006 KurdishMedia.com
London (KurdishMedia.com) 09 March 2006: Two men reported to be soldiers and wearing T-shirts with "Turkey" written on them took a hostage at a popular Burger King restaurant in Istanbul on Saturday and then released him after negotiations with police.
The Turkish soldiers were serving in a Turkish city and were on leave at the time of the hostage taking. They protested because they were not serving in Northern [Turkey’s] Kurdistan to be active in killing and eliminating Kurdish protesters.
One of the Turkish soldiers were seeing pointing a gun to his head and holding a knife in the other, shouting Turkish nationalist and anti-Kurdish slogans.
Istanbul Chief of Police Celalettin Cerrah misinformed the international media by stating that the soldiers were protesting clashes between Kurds and security forces in the southeast [Kurdistan]. "They carried an action like this out because they were very affected by the events in the southeast," Cerrah said.
A local eyewitness, who does not want to be named, told KurdishMedia.com, “The Turkish soldiers were serving in a Turkish city. They were basically very angry because they were not serving in Kurdistan. They were very angry and eager to go to Kurdistan to kill a lot of Kurds.”
“That is what happens when the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan declarer an open war against Kurds,” he added.
He elaborated by saying: “Erdogan recently stated, ‘You who let your children roam the streets, tomorrow your cry will be in vain. Our security forces will act against anybody, whether it is children or women that work as a tool for terrorism. I want this to be known. Nobody should make wrong calculations.’ This is a green light for the Turkish police and security forces to kill Kurdish civilians. Now we pick up the fruits.”
4/9/2006 KurdishMedia.com
London (KurdishMedia.com) 09 March 2006: Two men reported to be soldiers and wearing T-shirts with "Turkey" written on them took a hostage at a popular Burger King restaurant in Istanbul on Saturday and then released him after negotiations with police.
The Turkish soldiers were serving in a Turkish city and were on leave at the time of the hostage taking. They protested because they were not serving in Northern [Turkey’s] Kurdistan to be active in killing and eliminating Kurdish protesters.
One of the Turkish soldiers were seeing pointing a gun to his head and holding a knife in the other, shouting Turkish nationalist and anti-Kurdish slogans.
Istanbul Chief of Police Celalettin Cerrah misinformed the international media by stating that the soldiers were protesting clashes between Kurds and security forces in the southeast [Kurdistan]. "They carried an action like this out because they were very affected by the events in the southeast," Cerrah said.
A local eyewitness, who does not want to be named, told KurdishMedia.com, “The Turkish soldiers were serving in a Turkish city. They were basically very angry because they were not serving in Kurdistan. They were very angry and eager to go to Kurdistan to kill a lot of Kurds.”
“That is what happens when the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan declarer an open war against Kurds,” he added.
He elaborated by saying: “Erdogan recently stated, ‘You who let your children roam the streets, tomorrow your cry will be in vain. Our security forces will act against anybody, whether it is children or women that work as a tool for terrorism. I want this to be known. Nobody should make wrong calculations.’ This is a green light for the Turkish police and security forces to kill Kurdish civilians. Now we pick up the fruits.”