Akin Birdal attacked during a speech
Akin Birdal attacked during a speech
Akin Birdal, MP of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and member of the parliamentary commission for human rights, was attacked by a Turkish-Islamist nationalist while delivering a speech in a referendum boycott demonstration in Bursa.
It is reported that during his speech at referendum boycott meeting organised by the Boycott Front of the Suppressed and the Labourers in Bursa Akin Birdal was butted and punched by a nationalist Turk called Bilgehan Þimþek who jumped on the stage by shouting “I am a policeman”. While the demonstrators protected Akin Birdal the attacker is reported to be injured and hospitalized.
The facebook page of the attacker indicated that he is a sympathiser of Islamist- Nationalist the Great Union Party (BDP) and he prepared the attack months ago. On 17 August the attacker wrote on his facebook account: “an ambush, an ambush. I need to punish a traitor and give him a lesson. You will watch the details on TV”.
The governor of Bursa province Þahabettin Harput, as if he is making a confession, stated that there were 500 demonstrators at the meeting and 660 police officers were on duty and yet the attack took place. The governor also stated that according to the police records and the films the attacker was also present at the boycott demonstration of BDP in the Kurdish city of Batman.
Akin Birdal is an ethnic Turk elected to the parliament from the pro-Kurdish BDP. He was also attacked and shot several times by two attackers while he was the president of the Human Rights Association in Turkey on 12 May 1998.
It is reported that during his speech at referendum boycott meeting organised by the Boycott Front of the Suppressed and the Labourers in Bursa Akin Birdal was butted and punched by a nationalist Turk called Bilgehan Þimþek who jumped on the stage by shouting “I am a policeman”. While the demonstrators protected Akin Birdal the attacker is reported to be injured and hospitalized.
The facebook page of the attacker indicated that he is a sympathiser of Islamist- Nationalist the Great Union Party (BDP) and he prepared the attack months ago. On 17 August the attacker wrote on his facebook account: “an ambush, an ambush. I need to punish a traitor and give him a lesson. You will watch the details on TV”.
The governor of Bursa province Þahabettin Harput, as if he is making a confession, stated that there were 500 demonstrators at the meeting and 660 police officers were on duty and yet the attack took place. The governor also stated that according to the police records and the films the attacker was also present at the boycott demonstration of BDP in the Kurdish city of Batman.
Akin Birdal is an ethnic Turk elected to the parliament from the pro-Kurdish BDP. He was also attacked and shot several times by two attackers while he was the president of the Human Rights Association in Turkey on 12 May 1998.
