James Taylor
Një person ka bërë një postim në Facebook ku bën thirrje për solidarizim me viktimat e sulmit me bombë në kryeqytetin turk, Ankara ku mbetën të vrarë 34 persona dhe u plagosën 125. James Taylor, i cili jeton në Ankara inkurajon lexuesit të imagjinojnë nëse sulmi do të ndodhte në vendin ku ata jetojnë.
“Turqia nuk është Lindje e Mese siç mendojnë shumë njerëz. Ankaraja nuk është një zonë lufte, është një qytet normal modern në lëvizje, ashti si çdo kryeqytet Evropian dhe Kizilay është zemra, qendra”, shkraun Taylor.
“Është shumë e lehtë të shohësh një sulm terrorist që ndodh në Londër, New York, Paris dhe të ndjesh dhimbje dhe keqardhje për viktimat, por pse nuk ndodh e njëjta gjë për Ankaranë?
“Kjo ndodh sepse ju nuk e njihni Ankaranë si një vend pa diferenca nga këto qytete?”
Ky është sulmi i tretë me eksploziv në kryeqytetin turk që prej tetor 2015të. Muajin e kaluar, u vranë 28 persona nga një sulm që u mor përsipër nga militantët Kurdë. Në tetor u vrarën 103 persona dhe u plagosën 250, duke shënuar sulmi më vdekjeprurës në Turqi. Taylor përfundon: “Ti ishe Charlie, ti ishe Paris. A do të jesh ti Ankara?” Postimi i tij në Facebook ka marrë mbi 70 mijë sharë dhe mbi 93 mijë reagime.
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?”
