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| The Grand Turk |
| Erdogan links dead Turkish teenager to 'terrorist' groups |
| 2014-03-16 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said a teenager who died this week after sustaining a head injury in anti-government protests last summer was linked to "terrorist organizations", in comments likely to fan political tensions. The death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan on Tuesday after nine months in a coma sparked Turkey's worst unrest since nationwide anti-government demonstrations last June, compounding Erdogan's woes as he battles a graft scandal that has become one of the biggest challenges of his decade in power. Erdogan made his remarks, his first about Elvan, late on Friday at a campaign rally in southeast Turkey ahead of nationwide municipal elections on March 30. "This kid with steel marbles in his pockets, with a slingshot in his hand, his face covered with a scarf, who had been taken up into terrorist organizations, was unfortunately subjected to pepper gas," Erdogan told a crowd of supporters in a speech broadcast on state-run TRT-Haber news channel. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Nice"Catch-All" phrase. Whether Guilty or not. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2014-03-16 10:25 |
| #1 .."Terrorists". The quicker picker-upper.. |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-03-16 01:57 |