Demonstrations and riots broke out in the Turkish capital Ankara last night. Syrian shops were destroyed by an angry crowd, Syrian and Afghan migrants were reportedly chased. The reason: A Syrian migrant had killed a Turkish youth with a knife.
According to Turkish media, a Syrian migrant in Ankara attacked two youths with a knife so brutally that one of them, 18-year-old Emirhan Yalcin, died as a result of his injuries. The other boy is said to be seriously injured in hospital. The news spread like wildfire in the Turkish capital and led thousands of Turks to take to the streets in the Altındağ district. Several Syrian shops were destroyed and refugees prevented from travelling on to Germany or Austria by the agreement with the EU were hounded. Uninvolved women and children were also reportedly injured.
Many Turks no longer want migrants from the Middle East in their country. Local media and opposition activists have repeatedly reported attacks on civilians in the past, despite the “religious bonds” between the migrants, most of whom come from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, and the Turks. For the secular Turks, they are also President Erdoğan’s “fifth column” to promote Islamisation, as the Austrian daily Standard has already reported. Most fear that this trend could intensify with the Afghan refugees. Although the EU only recently sent three billion euros to Ankara to help cope with the influx of refugees, the mood in the cities where particularly large numbers of refugees have been taken in is beginning to tip.
The Turkish government under Erdogan is resisting becoming the new refugee destination for millions of Syrians and Afghans. A statement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry said: “Turkey will not shoulder the next wave of refugees. We are not the border guard or the refugee camp of Europe.” The agreement with the EU is a thorn in the side of nationalist oppositionists in particular.
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