Turkish protesters march in support of Uighurs after Ozil comments

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Soccer star Ozil, a German Muslim of Turkish origin, posted messages on social media calling minority Uighurs warriors who resist persecution

Turkey has in the past expressed concern about the situation in Xinjiang, including in February at the UN Human Rights Council



ISTANBUL: Thousands of protesters marched in support of China’s Uighurs in Istanbul on Friday and voiced solidarity with Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil after the furor caused by his criticism of China’s policies toward the Muslim minority.


Last week, soccer star Ozil, a German Muslim of Turkish origin, posted messages on social media calling minority Uighurs “warriors who resist persecution” and criticized both China’s crackdown and the silence of Muslims in response.


Members of Istanbul crowd held up banners reading “Stop the cruelty” and chanted “Murderer China, get out of East Turkestan” and “East Turkestan is not alone,” using the name that Uighur exiles use for Xinjiang.


The United Nations and human rights groups estimate that between 1 million and 2 million people, mostly ethnic Uighur Muslims, have been detained in harsh conditions in Xinjiang as part of what Beijing calls an anti-terrorism campaign.

China has repeatedly denied any mistreatment of Uighurs and its foreign ministry said Ozil had been deceived by “fake news.”

“Mesut Ozil’s honorable behavior inspired us... Everybody should raise their voice against this tyrant like Mesut did,” Adem Adil said, a protester marching with the crowd.

Turkey has in the past expressed concern about the situation in Xinjiang, including in February at the UN Human Rights Council, but has not commented over the Ozil affair.

At the Kuala Lumpur summit on Thursday, a question from the audience on the treatment of Uighurs was ignored after it was put to a dais that included Erdogan, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

Last Saturday, club Arsenal tried to distance itself from his comments, saying it always adhered to the principle of not being involved in politics.


Ozil has received support from former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who defended the player’s right to express his opinion.

 

[bsruzm]

 

[dBSPL]

Gaza blockade? -Yeah, let's raise our voice against zionism.
Kashmir case? -Kashmir is Muslim soil, let's fight.
Concentration camps in India? -The administration of India is modern Nazism.

Uygur concentration camps? -Please shut up. You get lonely by doing that.


Just like Cyprus, just like Karabakh, or as in the past in Girit, the Balkans and the Crimea... We know very well what the Islamophobic world and the so-called Muslim world are ignoring together as always. This event will cause the change of government in Turkey. Because Uygurs are the most derelict Muslims.

 

[W.11]

Gaza blockade? -Yeah, let's raise our voice against zionism.
Kashmir case? -Kashmir is Muslim soil, let's fight.
Concentration camps in India? -The administration of India is modern Nazism.

Uygur concentration camps? -Please shut up. You get lonely by doing that.

when has your ''Ozil'' raised any voice for kashmir in the first place, the turks seem to be using islam a lot in their pan turkic jingoism now a days.

regards

 

[damm1t]

when has your ''Ozil'' raised any voice for kashmir in the first place, the turks seem to be using islam a lot in their pan turkic jingoism now a days.

regards

Pan-Turkism? This is a distusting accusation. Turkey did and does officially raise voice for Kashmir. Uyghur issue is not primely a religion concern, these people are under oppression and they belong to Turkic family first of all... And they are Muslims. Turkey and Turkish people don't put such incidents in other places like most Muslim countries behave according to their benefits. Let's be clear, Turkic, Arabic or just Muslim, there is NO OTHER COUNTRY work for opressed people as much as Turkey does in the world. We help Somalians, Sudanese, Palestinese, Arakanese, Syrians. We stand-by without "REGRET AND HESITATION" with Uyghurs, Pakistan on Kashmir issue and tell it on the international arenas everywhere. But we are alone on this way. We know it. Turkey is the biggest donator in the world by percentage to its GDP but we are not the richest. Keep your hypocricy to yourself.

 

[bsruzm]

when has your ''Ozil'' raised any voice for kashmir in the first place, the turks seem to be using islam a lot in their pan turkic jingoism now a days.

regards

Turkey To Lose A Whopping $2.3 Billion Deal From India After Erdogan Rants Over Kashmir

That's almost the amount of money, KSA handouts to Pakistan for their good service.

Saudi Arabia to provide Pak $3 billion to address its balance-of-payments crisis

 

[dBSPL]

when has your ''Ozil'' raised any voice for kashmir in the first place, the turks seem to be using islam a lot in their pan turkic jingoism now a days.

regards

Disgusting accusations. It seems Your brain burned out of excessive too much anti Turkey propaganda.

 

[fisher1]

Turkey To Lose A Whopping $2.3 Billion Deal From India After Erdogan Rants Over Kashmir

That's almost the amount of money, KSA handouts to Pakistan for their good service.

Saudi Arabia to provide Pak $3 billion to address its balance-of-payments crisis

These CCP loving bots are just handed talking points, they've absolutely no clue about the world and what's happening there.

Pakistan loves Turkey for a reason. It's not because it's just another Muslim country. We're aware of the Pro-humanitarian and pro-Muslim stance Turkey has taken and the good fights it's fighting.

So it's funny to hear comments like these.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/politics/standing-with-pakistan-on-kashmir-is-turkeys-duty/1599316#

Dumb morons

 

[casual]

so what do you plan to do about it? protesting in turkey achieves nothing. this is a chinese internal matter.

 

[Uguduwa]

so what do you plan to do about it? protesting in turkey achieves nothing. this is a chinese internal matter.

They can also confuse some Japanese and Koreans with Chinese and attack them. Also confuse Uyghury for Chiense and destroy their restaurants. In Turkey of course.

 

[Itachi]

They can also confuse some Japanese and Koreans with Chinese and attack them. Also confuse Uyghury for Chiense and destroy their restaurants. In Turkey of course.

Got a source on that?? Or are we firing brainfarts into the air now?

when has your ''Ozil'' raised any voice for kashmir in the first place, the turks seem to be using islam a lot in their pan turkic jingoism now a days.

regards

Seriously dude....Turks have stood with Pakistan before either of us were born.

Who went to KL and supported the Kashmir cause while IK didn't go to KL??

If you're going the pan-turkic route then so be it....pan-turkism in the past has only helped Islam.

The rise of the neo-Ottomans has been foretold in the books of Shah Naimatullah Wali R.A., a Pakistani Sufi....you are either with us or against us (Muslim NATO).

 

[Uguduwa]

Got a source on that?? Or are we firing brainfarts into the air now?



Seriously dude....Turks have stood with Pakistan before either of us were born.

Who went to KL and supported the Kashmir cause while IK didn't go to KL??

If you're going the pan-turkic route then so be it....pan-turkism in the past has only helped Islam.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/is...acked-in-protest-at-uighur-suppression--84846

 

[Itachi]

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/is...acked-in-protest-at-uighur-suppression--84846

They can also confuse some Japanese and Koreans with Chinese and attack them.

Please get your English Comprehension to the next level....

 

[Uguduwa]

Please get your English Comprehension to the next level....

 

[Globenim]

"Thousands"

I see 4 people who probably never met an Uyghur in their life with the same set of equipement as every Turkish based propaganda proxy organisation of Washington was provided with.

At least pay for some bots and shills to claim its over 400,000 protesters on the streets.
American propaganda mouthpieces have inflated expectations so much with their fake numbers no one gives a shit about claims of "thousands" with pictures of a handful wives of paid shills and agitators.