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TURKISH NEWSPAPER CLAIMS FERRY HIJACKER WAS ARMENIAN
epress.am
11.16.2011 12:42
The suspected Kurdish rebel who hijacked a passenger ferry heading
for İstanbul on Friday after it left the northwestern port city of
Izmit was ethnically Armenian, reported Turkish daily Vakit on Tuesday.
There were no casualties aboard the Kartepe, which was carrying
18 passengers on board, as well as four crew and two trainees,
authorities said.
Turkish commandos in civilian clothes slipped onto a hijacked passenger
ferry and posed as hostages before fatally shooting Mesut (or Mensur)
Guzel, who was carrying explosives, in a 12-hour drama that ended
before dawn Saturday, AP reports.
Vakit claims that Guzel was born in an old Armenian village called Kulp
in Diyarbakır province, and that his grandfather's name was Hagop.
As reported by Epress.am's Istanbul correspondent, the article has
become the subject of heated discussion and criticism by members of
the Turkish press who say that to claim the hijacker was Armenian is
a hate crime against Armenians.
Furthermore, some journalists and bloggers state that claiming that
Armenians are connected to all criminal incidents is Vakit's policy.
epress.am
11.16.2011 12:42
The suspected Kurdish rebel who hijacked a passenger ferry heading
for İstanbul on Friday after it left the northwestern port city of
Izmit was ethnically Armenian, reported Turkish daily Vakit on Tuesday.
There were no casualties aboard the Kartepe, which was carrying
18 passengers on board, as well as four crew and two trainees,
authorities said.
Turkish commandos in civilian clothes slipped onto a hijacked passenger
ferry and posed as hostages before fatally shooting Mesut (or Mensur)
Guzel, who was carrying explosives, in a 12-hour drama that ended
before dawn Saturday, AP reports.
Vakit claims that Guzel was born in an old Armenian village called Kulp
in Diyarbakır province, and that his grandfather's name was Hagop.
As reported by Epress.am's Istanbul correspondent, the article has
become the subject of heated discussion and criticism by members of
the Turkish press who say that to claim the hijacker was Armenian is
a hate crime against Armenians.
Furthermore, some journalists and bloggers state that claiming that
Armenians are connected to all criminal incidents is Vakit's policy.