Hundreds of Turkish demonstrators marched on London yesterday to protest against terrorism.
Men and women carrying posters and banners spoke against the PKK, an organisation that has been proscribed as terrorist by the US, Canada and the EU, but is allegedly still active in the UK.
Protesters handed out pamphlets with detailed information about the PKK, in a bid to raise awareness among the British population.
The protest was organised by the British Turks against Terrorism Platform alongside other Turkish and Turkish Cypriot organisations in the United Kingdom.
Reflective report: The same day I was in London (Sunday, December 25th) seems to have been a date for protesting in the city. As I was leaving Trafalgar Square, after the Venezuelan protest, I ran into a decidedly bigger political demonstration by Turkish nationals living in the United Kingdom. As a journalist, I immediately thought this could make another strong news story or news in brief, especially if published together with my other story about the Venezuelan event. I thought it could be made into a sort of compilation of protests going on in London that would reflect the city’s amazing cultural diversity.This protest was more impressive than the Venezuelan one, which is understandable as the Turkish population here is a lot larger than the Venezuelan one. Considering the fact that Turkey has been in the news lately because of the situation with the PKK guerrillas in the south-eastern part of the country and the fear that it might become an Islamic fundamentalist state, I thought it was a very interesting and powerful event.
There were hundreds of Turkish men and women walking towards Westminster. They handed out leaflets with information about the PKK and carried signs and posters backing democracy and the secular state. I took several pictures of the event and got a few of the leaflets to include as background information for the story. I did my best to speak to some of the protesters, but no one would stop long enough to talk properly.
Reflective report: The same day I was in London (Sunday, December 25th) seems to have been a date for protesting in the city. As I was leaving Trafalgar Square, after the Venezuelan protest, I ran into a decidedly bigger political demonstration by Turkish nationals living in the United Kingdom. As a journalist, I immediately thought this could make another strong news story or news in brief, especially if published together with my other story about the Venezuelan event. I thought it could be made into a sort of compilation of protests going on in London that would reflect the city’s amazing cultural diversity.This protest was more impressive than the Venezuelan one, which is understandable as the Turkish population here is a lot larger than the Venezuelan one. Considering the fact that Turkey has been in the news lately because of the situation with the PKK guerrillas in the south-eastern part of the country and the fear that it might become an Islamic fundamentalist state, I thought it was a very interesting and powerful event.
There were hundreds of Turkish men and women walking towards Westminster. They handed out leaflets with information about the PKK and carried signs and posters backing democracy and the secular state. I took several pictures of the event and got a few of the leaflets to include as background information for the story. I did my best to speak to some of the protesters, but no one would stop long enough to talk properly.
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