Iraqi shoe thrower inspires Turk group
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Aralık 19, 2008 00:00
The Iraqi journalist who hurled shoes at outgoing U.S President George W. Bush inspired a similar protest in Ankara yesterday.
Members of the Communist Party of Turkey, or TKP, held a protest in front of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara to show their solidarity with the jailed journalist, Munthazar al-Zaidi. The protestors were carrying banners that read, "Yankee go home."
Journalist al-Zaidi, 29, has been in custody in Baghdad since Sunday's dramatic shoe protest against Bush and has become an instant sensation in the Arab world.
Despite efforts by security forces to avert a protest, TKP members managed to march toward the embassy with plastic bags full of shoes, shouting slogans against the Bush administration.
"What did U.S imperialism bring to Iraq? Thousands of murders É Now a brave journalist stands up against all this. Al-Zaidi is a symbol of resistance in the Middle East," said Tuncay Çelen, a board member from the TKP in a press statement read in front of the embassy. Çelen also asked for the immediate release of Al-Zaidi.
The group laid a black wreath, which had a pair of shoes placed in the middle, at the gate of the embassy. They also threw shoes at a photo of President Bush placed on the ground. After the protest, they picked up all the shoes.
Journalist al-Zaidi, 29, has been in custody in Baghdad since Sunday's dramatic shoe protest against Bush and has become an instant sensation in the Arab world.
Despite efforts by security forces to avert a protest, TKP members managed to march toward the embassy with plastic bags full of shoes, shouting slogans against the Bush administration.
"What did U.S imperialism bring to Iraq? Thousands of murders É Now a brave journalist stands up against all this. Al-Zaidi is a symbol of resistance in the Middle East," said Tuncay Çelen, a board member from the TKP in a press statement read in front of the embassy. Çelen also asked for the immediate release of Al-Zaidi.
The group laid a black wreath, which had a pair of shoes placed in the middle, at the gate of the embassy. They also threw shoes at a photo of President Bush placed on the ground. After the protest, they picked up all the shoes.