Democracy Now! reports
on the shocking explosions at a peace rally in the Turkish capital of Ankara on
Saturday that killed 128 people. Love and solidarity to all those striving for
peace.
Warning: This
report contains graphic and upsetting footage.
As many as
128 people died in Turkey Saturday when nearly simultaneous explosions ripped
through a pro-peace rally in the country’s capital of Ankara. More than 245
people were injured. The bombs went off just as Kurdish groups, trade unions
and leftist organizations were preparing to begin a march protesting the
resumption of fighting between the Turkish state and Kurdish militants. Earlier
today, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed ISIL for
carrying out the attack. But march organizers accused the government of failing
to prevent it. Saturday’s bombing occurred three weeks before Turkey’s snap
parliamentary elections. Tensions in Turkey have escalated since June, when the
ruling AKPparty lost its parliamentary majority in a major defeat for
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The opposition HDPparty won 13 percent of
the vote, securing seats in Parliament for the first time. Since the elections,
hostilities between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants have sharply
escalated. We speak to Turkish parliamentarian Hisyar Özsoy
and UCLA professor Asli Ü. Bâli.
From: http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/was-turkish-government-complicit/
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