In yesterday’s Hürriyet Daily News, the headline story came from a statement by President Tayyip Erdoğan: “ISIL, PKK, Syria intelligence behind Ankara bombing.”
On Nov. 1, Turks (and Kurds and others who happen to be Turkish citizens) will go to the ballots again.
The double suicide bombing in Ankara, which went down in history as the worst terrorist attack Turkey has yet seen, killed a hundred innocent citizens of this country.
I was in the United States and busy on the road when I heard the horrible news from Ankara on Oct. 10: A bombing near the train station, right in the heart of the city, killed more than 90 people, who were there to march for “peace.”
One the most troubling pieces of news to come out of Turkey this past week was an attack on Ahmet Hakan Coşkun, one of the country’s top journalists.
On Sept. 29, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan gave a speech – a furious one, as usual.
You must have heard about the latest disaster in Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, on Sept. 24. More than 700 pilgrims died in a stampede on the way to the ritual of “stoning the devil.” And this was only a repetition of similar disasters that happened again in Mecca, and again during the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that millions of Muslims come from all around the world to do
Saudi authorities still have a long way to go in terms of re-planning the hajj scene and re-educating their personnel in a way that will eliminate such colossal disasters.
Although I categorically do not agree with the statement below, I am forced to publish it in full due to a court decision. I apologize to my readers for the inconvenience.
