Chinese restaurant in Turkey attacked after diplomatic spat

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The owner of the restaurant, Cihan Yavuz - who is Turkish and investing his life savings in the restaurant, and even employs an Uighur cook - said the attack was baseless (Photo courtesy of DHA)


Staff writer, Al Arabiya News
Thursday, 2 July 2015
A Chinese restaurant in Istanbul was attacked on Wednesday and had its windows smashed by a group protesting against China’s suppression of its Muslim Uighur minority.

The owner of the restaurant, Cihan Yavuz - who is Turkish and investing his life savings in the restaurant, and even employs an Uighur cook - said the attack was baseless.

Yavuz told the local Hurriyet daily that “only a tiny portion of our customers are made up of Chinese customers. We do not serve alcoholic drinks. Although we work with Muslims, an attack like this has occurred.”

Recalling the attack, Yavuz said that six attackers had told them to leave the neighborhood, shouting “We do not want a Chinese restaurant here.”

The eatery, called “Happy China,” will be closing down.

The attack comes during the same week of a spat between the Turkish and Chinese government over Ankara’s protestations that China’s Uighur minority was being suppressed by authorities.

Uighurs complain that the officially atheistic ruling Communist Party forbids fasting by party members, civil servants, teachers and students during Ramadan. Children are also banned from attending mosques, women from wearing veils and young men from growing beards.

On Tuesday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Turkey’s concerns about the restrictions had been relayed to the Chinese ambassador.

In response, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Wednesday that Beijing had expressed its concerns to Turkey’s government. She says Beijing demanded that Ankara clarify the matter.

On the same day, a Turkey-based Uighur group said that 173 women and children from the minority have arrived from Thailand where they were being held after fleeing China, the Associated Press.

Turkey has linguistic and ethnic ties to the Uighurs and had been trying to convince Thailand and China to allow the group to settle in Turkey. They had faced deportation to China.

Seyit Tumturk, deputy head of the World Uighur Congress, said Wednesday that the 173 were among a group of 250 Uighurs held in Thai camps and hoped the remaining refugees would also be allowed to leave Thailand.

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[That Guy]

Number one: innocent civilians should not have to suffer for decisions made by governments, especially foreign.

Number two: The Uighur situation is a complete failure on China's part. It continues to fail at realizing it's mistakes, and is only stoking the fire even further. The more the Chinese government restricts them, the stronger the insurgency will become, because people will flock to the militants and extremists for both protection and revenge.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Number one: innocent civilians should not have to suffer for decisions made by governments, especially foreign.

Number two: The Uighur situation is a complete failure on China's part. It continues to fail at realizing it's mistakes, and is only stoking the fire even further. The more the Chinese government restricts them, the stronger the insurgency will become, because people will flock to the militants and extremists for both protection and revenge.

China didn't impose any restriction on the Uighurs, since most of these kind of news were always cook up by the anti-China media.

Most Chinese Muslims don't have any problem with the Chinese government, nor the majority of Uighurs.

Only a small group of Uighurs want to pursue their Pan-Turkism wet dream got a problem with China, but they also want to be the instigators of Islam vs China, so they can expect to get more backup for their separatism plan.

Those Uighur extremists are not even faithful Muslims in practice. For example, a female terrorist who was involved in the knife attack in the train station already got her premarital pregnancy.

Can Muslim woman get pregnant without getting married? Those terrorists aren't even true Muslims, they are simply pursuing their Pan-Turkism wet dream by using Islam as an excuse.

Since the Hui Muslims always maintain a good relationship with the Chinese government, so it has already spontaneously debunked China's anti-Muslim allegation.

 

[empirefighter]

Among all the world big countries，China is the most gentle one to the Islam religion and countries. we have Hui Muslim Chinese living with us more than thousand years at home，we have true friend Pakitan outdoor. If the Muslim are still against us，I have to say，they should know themselves not other people are the true problems.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Being Chinese is never easy, while these shitthead on PDF talk big, their fellow Chinese in other countries are sufferred. In Vietnam 2 Chinese died, in USA they were discriminate in government jobs, now in turkey, soon there will be more.

lol you killed Chinese in riots, but do you dare touch Chinese borders? does your government dare not prosecute the rioters?

 

[empirefighter]

Being Chinese is never easy, while these shitthead on PDF talk big, their fellow Chinese in other countries are sufferred. In Vietnam 2 Chinese died, in USA they were discriminate in government jobs, now in turkey, soon there will be more.

The innocent Chineses got killed in Vietnam just reflect your country is uncivilized and coward，you just dare to revenge the common people.if we Chineses act like your filthy country，we can easily kill thousands of common Vietnameses living in China. And you think this is glory，lol，no wonder your country is a loser country for thousands of years.
In China，there is a saying，if you are not excellent，you will not be hated or jealous by others. So we donot care about it，if the Turkey donot welcome us，we will not travel in that country，it is not a big deal，is there anything the Turkey can do to hurt us except for smashing some restaurants run by Turkish？

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

Looks like Atatwolf and his rabid pack has been busy last night.

 

[Raphael]

Speaking about loser, your people is big loser, a country of 1.3 billion killed poor innocent Vietnam fisherman.

They weren't innocent. They trespassed in China's territorial waters, so we dealt with them lawfully. Exactly like how Indonesia, Palau, Cambodia deal with Viet pirate boats.

Maybe you don't understand because as a jungle country, you lack law and civilization. But as soon as you step one foot into the territory of another country, you have to obey their laws.

 

[sweetgrape]

Being Chinese is never easy, while these shitthead on PDF talk big, their fellow Chinese in other countries are sufferred. In Vietnam 2 Chinese died, in USA they were discriminate in government jobs, now in turkey, soon there will be more.

Sound like Vietnamese in USA, you are high level race?!

As to 2 chinese died in Vietname riot, you are so proud of these, idiot is idiot. tell you, in China, Vietnamese means low cost bride, nothing else.

Being American is more harder they will worry over more their life overseas, but You huge Vietnames dream to being American.

Speaking about loser, your people is big loser, a country of 1.3 billion killed poor innocent Vietnam fisherman. Dont act like innocent shiit, thousands to Million of turk have been suffering. What happen to you Chinese is the consequences of how you people mis treat others. So stop act and talk about your Chinese innocent shiitt. There are reasons why Manchus, Mongol, Japan once invaded China they show no mercy. That is called karma, kid.

You claim that's your sea, but you army can't protect your "innocent" fishmen, who is loser?

Whatever China are, but she much better than you, at least, she had occupied you, but you are always invaded by China, Japan, France, hehe!

 

[DaiViet]

They weren't innocent. They trespassed in China's territorial waters, so we dealt with them lawfully. Exactly like how Indonesia, Palau, Cambodia deal with Viet pirate boats.

Maybe you don't understand because as a jungle country, you lack law and civilization. But as soon as you step one foot into the territory of another country, you have to obey their laws.

When was that China territory? They ve been sailing to that sea for generations, before you were born, before you Chinese invented 9 dash line, stop bull shitt kid.

 

[Raphael]

When was that China territory? They ve been sailing to that sea for generations, before you were born, before you Chinese invented 9 dash line, stop bull shitt kid.

Vietnam was Chinese territory for 1000 years, I guess now we can annex it based on historical precedent? Actually, historical status only matters if it continues uninterrupted into the present. But China formally annexed the Paracels and Spratlys in the late nineteenth century and acquired the adjacent territorial sea. Subsequently, you have no right to trespass into our waters.

Obey the law or die. Doesn't matter whether its Chinese, Indonesian, Palau, or Cambodian law, your obedience is compulsory.

 

[sweetgrape]

When was that China territory? They ve been sailing to that sea for generations, before you were born, before you Chinese invented 9 dash line, stop bull shitt kid.

Don't talk these sh!t again and again, Chinese Guard killed your “innocent” fishmen， where are your coward Vietnamese Guard?

 

[70U63]

Some people (just like those freedom fighter) try to justify the attack just because their so called long-lost brothers are suffering (according to them) in another country.
Sweet... use the same logic in your country and see how far you can go...

 

[DaiViet]

Don't talk these sh!t again and again, Chinese Guard killed your “innocent” fishmen， where are your coward Vietnamese Guard?

Really ? Some body just cry about Chinese got killed in Vietnam.

Obey the law or die. Doesn't matter whether its Chinese, Indonesian, Palau, or Cambodian law, your obedience is compulsory.

The law of nine dash line you meant? Why not shoot at American for dis obey your so called law? Why only shoot at those poor innocent fisherman?

Obey or die? Is that all Chinese laws made up? Wow that is super power civilized country really is? I wonder.

 

[XiangLong]

Some people (just like those freedom fighter) try to justify the attack just because their so called long-lost brothers are suffering (according to them) in another country.
Sweet... use the same logic in your country and see how far you can go...

'Freedom fighter' is too big of a word to describe these kind of people. I like to call them instagram revolutionaries, armchair generals, keyboard warriors, sheep, cowards... Like how some irrationally nationalistic Turks suddently got their panties in a bunch because some F-ing Turkish footballer posted some political loaded crap on Facebook and Twitter, and like any other football hooligan, they vented their unjustified anger towards the wrong people. In this case, some poor Turkish shop owner.

These are the true definitions of hashtag D-bags

https://twitter.com/x/status/450417259883016192