Serangan bom Turki: 'Anda simpati kepada Paris, mengapa tidak Ankara?'
Isnin lalu, serangan yang dipercayai berpunca daripada bom kereta meledak di Dataran Ataturk Bulvari dekat pusat bandar Ankara dan mencederakan 125 orang. -Foto fail
SEORANG pengguna Facebook mengajak masyarakat antarabangsa agar bersimpati dengan mangsa insiden serangan bom di Ankara yang mengorbankan sekurang-kurangnya 34 orang Isnin lalu.
James Taylor mengingatkan Ankara bukannya bandar yang sedang bergelut dengan krisis perang saudara seperti negara majoriti Muslim lain yang sering dipaparkan di media.
“Ankara bukan zon perang, ini bandar moden yang sentiasa sibuk, sama seperti ibu negara Eropah yang lain, dan Kizilay terletak betul-betul di tengah bandar ini,” jelasnya dalam status Facebook yang setakat ini telah dikongsi lebih 102,000 kali.
James yang telah menetap di Ankara selama 18 bulan turut meminta pembaca agar membayangkan andai tragedi itu berlaku di tempat masing-masing.
“Mampukah anda bayangkan berada di sana? Bayangkan tempat yang anda lalui setiap hari, stesen bas yang anda singgah, jalan yang anda lintas, semuanya hancur binasa,” soal James.
Penutup status James dilihat sebagai sindiran dan seruan, terutamanya terhadap masyarakat Eropah yang sebelum ini menunjukkan simpati besar-besaran terhadap insiden di Paris.
“Anda pernah menjadi Charlie, anda juga Paris, sekarang sanggupkah anda menjadi Ankara?”
Isnin lalu, serangan yang dipercayai berpunca daripada bom kereta meledak di Dataran Ataturk Bulvari dekat pusat bandar Ankara dan mencederakan 125 orang.
James Taylor mengingatkan Ankara bukannya bandar yang sedang bergelut dengan krisis perang saudara seperti negara majoriti Muslim lain yang sering dipaparkan di media.
“Ankara bukan zon perang, ini bandar moden yang sentiasa sibuk, sama seperti ibu negara Eropah yang lain, dan Kizilay terletak betul-betul di tengah bandar ini,” jelasnya dalam status Facebook yang setakat ini telah dikongsi lebih 102,000 kali.
James yang telah menetap di Ankara selama 18 bulan turut meminta pembaca agar membayangkan andai tragedi itu berlaku di tempat masing-masing.
“Mampukah anda bayangkan berada di sana? Bayangkan tempat yang anda lalui setiap hari, stesen bas yang anda singgah, jalan yang anda lintas, semuanya hancur binasa,” soal James.
Isnin lalu, serangan yang dipercayai berpunca daripada bom kereta meledak di Dataran Ataturk Bulvari dekat pusat bandar Ankara dan mencederakan 125 orang.
The bombing this evening occurred in the one of the most crowded parts of the centre of town, next to many bus stops with people waiting to go home, arriving for a night out, and sitting in the park relaxing and drinking tea.
Is is the equivalent of a bomb going off outside Debenhams on the Drapery in Northampton, or on New street in Birmingham, or Piccadilly Circus in London.
Can you imagine being there? Can you imagine the place you walk past every day, the bus stops you use, the roads you cross being obliterated.
Can you imagine the victims? The teenagers catching the bus to go home, the grandparents walking into town, the people waiting for a taxi after a long day laughing and socialising in the sun.
Now imagine they were english, and this attack was in England. If these people were instead the people you see every day on your way to work, people just like you and I, normal, happy people. Families, policemen, students, artists, couples. Your friends maybe. These people are no different. They just happen to be Turkish.
Contrary to what many people think, Turkey is not the Middle East. Ankara is not a war zone, it is a normal modern bustling city, just like any other European capital, and Kizilay is the absolute heart, the centre.
It is very easy to look at terror attacks that happen in London, in New York, in Paris and feel pain and sadness for those victims, so why is it not the same for Ankara? Is it because you just don't realise that Ankara is no different from any of these cities? Is it because you think that Turkey is a predominantly Muslim country, like Syria, like Iraq, like countries that are in a state of civil war, so therefore it must be the same and because you don't care about those ones, then why should you care about Turkey? If you don't believe that these attacks in Ankara affect you, or you can't feel the same pain you felt during the Paris or London attacks, then maybe you should stop to think why, why is it that you feel like that. Turkey is an amazing country with truly wonderful people. I have never felt more welcome, more happy, more safe than I do here.
Ankara is my home, it has been for the last 18 months, and it will continue to be my home.
You were Charlie, you were Paris. Will you be Ankara? — in Ankara, Turkey.
Is is the equivalent of a bomb going off outside Debenhams on the Drapery in Northampton, or on New street in Birmingham, or Piccadilly Circus in London.
Can you imagine being there? Can you imagine the place you walk past every day, the bus stops you use, the roads you cross being obliterated.
Can you imagine the victims? The teenagers catching the bus to go home, the grandparents walking into town, the people waiting for a taxi after a long day laughing and socialising in the sun.
Now imagine they were english, and this attack was in England. If these people were instead the people you see every day on your way to work, people just like you and I, normal, happy people. Families, policemen, students, artists, couples. Your friends maybe. These people are no different. They just happen to be Turkish.
Contrary to what many people think, Turkey is not the Middle East. Ankara is not a war zone, it is a normal modern bustling city, just like any other European capital, and Kizilay is the absolute heart, the centre.
It is very easy to look at terror attacks that happen in London, in New York, in Paris and feel pain and sadness for those victims, so why is it not the same for Ankara? Is it because you just don't realise that Ankara is no different from any of these cities? Is it because you think that Turkey is a predominantly Muslim country, like Syria, like Iraq, like countries that are in a state of civil war, so therefore it must be the same and because you don't care about those ones, then why should you care about Turkey? If you don't believe that these attacks in Ankara affect you, or you can't feel the same pain you felt during the Paris or London attacks, then maybe you should stop to think why, why is it that you feel like that. Turkey is an amazing country with truly wonderful people. I have never felt more welcome, more happy, more safe than I do here.
Ankara is my home, it has been for the last 18 months, and it will continue to be my home.
You were Charlie, you were Paris. Will you be Ankara? — in Ankara, Turkey.
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