{"id":66166,"date":"2013-02-21T13:51:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T11:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=66166"},"modified":"2023-07-25T15:06:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T12:06:10","slug":"turkey-lynch-attempt-on-kurdish-members-of-parliament-in-sinop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2013\/02\/21\/turkey-lynch-attempt-on-kurdish-members-of-parliament-in-sinop\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey: Lynch Attempt on Kurdish Members of Parliament in Sinop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turkey: Lynch Attempt on Kurdish Members of Parliament in Sinop<\/h2>\n
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Posted\u00a020 February 2013\u00a017:29 GMT<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"Written byBaran Mavzer<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Countries<\/td>\nTurkey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Topics<\/td>\nBreaking News,\u00a0Freedom of Speech,\u00a0Human Rights,Protest,\u00a0Politics,\u00a0Ethnicity & Race,\u00a0Citizen Media<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Two-thousand angry protesters attacked and attempted to lynch members of a Kurdish delegation visiting Sinop, a city in the Black Sea region of Northern Turkey.<\/p>\n

The visit of the\u00a0Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and Democratic Congress of the People (HDK)\u00a0was part of their tour to cities with relatively small Kurdish populations.\u00a0BDP is the only party in parliament which stands for the Kurdish people’s rights and is also known to be the legal and political wing of the Kurdish guerrilla organization, the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK.)<\/p>\n

BDP’s decision to visit the region, known for its nationalist and conservative population, was a first in the history of the Kurdish movement, since the party focuses on eastern regions and big cities which of a mixed demographic.<\/p>\n

At the end of 2012, the\u00a0Turkish government started negotiations\u00a0with the imprisoned leader of the PKK Abdullah \u00d6calan, for a solution to end the 30-year war between the Kurds and the government. At the center of these negotiations is a new constitution, that includes Kurdish identity and will not imprison Kurdish guerrillas who are fighting or have fought against the Turkish military.<\/p>\n

The delegations visit to Sinop was the first step in starting a dialogue with the larger Turkish population to garner their support for the Kurdish-government negotiations.<\/p>\n

But when the delegation arrived, protesters threw stones and shouted angrily at BDP’s member of parliament\u00a0S\u0131rr\u0131 S\u00fcreyya \u00d6nder. To escape the the attack the\u00a0BDP and HDK members raced into a nearby teachers\u2019 lodge. The angry protesters then surrounded the building, threw rocks inside and also destroyed the vehicles of the BDP members.\u00a0Two protesters climbed on the roof of the building to hoist a Turkish flag and a put up a poster of Atat\u00fcrk, the founder of the country.<\/p>\n

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BDP members are trying to build a barricade on windows by using the tables and chairs. Picture is taken from\u00a0Sirri Sureyya Onder’s Twitter\u00a0account.<\/p>\n

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One of the destroyed cars of BDP members. Picture is taken from\u00a0Twitter.<\/p>\n

During the protest,\u00a0S\u0131rr\u0131 S\u00fcreyya \u00d6nder shared these pictures on his Twitter account and tweeted:<\/p>\n

@sirsureyya: Lincci fasist guruh iceriye tasve yanici madde atiyorlar. Polis birsey yapmiyor. Kendi onlemimizi aliyoruz.\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/yMChw5O0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The fascist, lynch group is throwing rocks and combustible materials inside. Police is not doing anything against them. We are trying to take precautions by ourselves.pic.twitter.com\/yMChw5O0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A few hours later the protesters finally left the area, after policemen asked them, rather politely, to leave.<\/p>\n

Diyarbak\u0131r, a Kurdish city at the south-east of Turkey, hosted protests a few hours later against the lynch attempt. The police responded to these protests with tear gas and water hoses. Protests then spread to other cities, including \u0130stanbul and the capital Ankara.<\/p>\n

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Protesters left the area after policemen’s polite requests of hours. Picture is taken from\u00a0\u00d6tekilerin Postas\u0131’s Page.<\/p>\n

BDP member of parliament Ertu\u011frul K\u00fcrk\u00e7\u00fc tweeted about the protests in \u0130stanbul by sharing this picture:<\/p>\n

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Protests in \u0130stanbul against the lynch attempt. Picture is taken from\u00a0Ertu\u011frul K\u00fcrk\u00e7\u00fc’s twitteraccount.<\/p>\n

@ekurkcumedya:\u00a0\u0130stanbul’da eylem devam ediyor.\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/SF9IMD8z<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Protests continue in \u0130stanbul.\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/SF9IMD8z<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There were mixed reactions to the incident on social media.\u00a0Journalist Gonca \u015eenay tweeted a picture taken from inside the teachers\u2019 lodge during the protest and tweeted:<\/p>\n

@goncasenay:\u00a0Sinop ogretmenevinde camlardan iceri giren olmasin diye alinan onlem sanirim cok sey anlatiyor\u2026.\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/RcGWTULq<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess, the barricades on the windows in Sinop Teachers\u2019 Lodge tell us a lot..pic.twitter.com\/RcGWTULq;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Columnist Hayko Ba\u011fdat shared a picture of S\u0131rr\u0131 S\u00fcreyya \u00d6nder while he was building a barricade on a window by tweeting:<\/p>\n

@haykobagdat:\u00a0S\u0131rr\u0131 Abi Sinop’ta bar\u0131\u015f\u0131 in\u015fa ediyor\u2026 \u00a0pic.twitter.com\/OlDCW8um<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brother S\u0131rr\u0131 is building the peace in Sinop\u2026\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/OlDCW8um<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Twitter user B. Akoz shared a a picture of a banner that protesters were holding. The banner says: \u201cLeave Sinop. Only three things can silence Sinop Youth Platform. Sound of Azan (call for prayer), a moment of silence, the Turkish National anthem\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is Akoz’s tweet that mentions the \u201cSinopDurDedi\u201d (Sinop said stop) hashtag which was started by the supporters of the Sinop protests:<\/p>\n

@BerkAkz:\u00a0Helal olsun bpl\u0131 pkkl\u0131lara Sinop DurDedi mecliste kimse dur diyemedi ama Sinop DurDedi \u00e7ocuk katillerine ..\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/1or2xKtI<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Good, Sinop said stop to the BDP and PKK members. Nobody could say stop in the parliament but Sinop said stop to the child killers\u2026\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/1or2xKtI<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another Twitter user shared a picture of a destroyed car of BDP members and tweeted:<\/p>\n

@ErolOnay60:\u00a0Sinoptaki Bdp’lilerin arabas\u0131n\u0131 Sinoplu karde\u015flerimiz yeniden \u015fekillendirmi\u015f :)) Sinop DurDedi\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/PBdW1TWh<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Our brothers in Sinop reshaped the car of BDP members :)) Sinop said stop.\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/PBdW1TWh<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Written by\u00a0Baran Mavzer<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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