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Turkish football fans boo moment of silence for victims of Paris attacks Shouting Alla-u-Akbar

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Turkish-fun-alla-U-AkbarTurkish supporters attending an international football friendly against Greece on Nov. 17 refused to participate in a minute of silence following the recent jihadist attacks on France, choosing instead to boo the commemoration.

A section of the crowd at Fatih Terim Stadium in Istanbul’s Başakşehir district had first whistled during the playing of the Greek national anthem, prompting Turkish star Arda Turan to remonstrate with the crowd. Arda’s intervention, however, failed to stop the booing.

During the subsequent moment of silence, supporters also whistled their disapproval while a section of the crowed also reportedly shouted “Allah-u Akbar” and “Martyrs don’t die, the homeland will not be divided” – a common nationalist slogan.

“We’re staging a moment of silence for people that have died. Can’t we be patient for one minute? When we go abroad, we’re not able to explain this,” Turkish national team coach Fatih Terim said after the match. “It doesn’t reflect well on us at all.”

The match ended in a 0-0 draw.

The behavior in Başakşehir was in stark contrast to the scenes at London’s Wembley Stadium, where English and French fans both sang the Marseillaise before the match before studiously observing the minute of silence.

The booing ahead of the Greece game produced a reaction both at home and abroad.

One month ago, Turkish supporters in the Central Anatolian province of Konya also booed a minute of silence for the victims of the Oct. 10 Ankara Massacre, in which 100 peace activists were killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Source: hurriyetdailynews

PARIS Confirmation of the death of Lola Ouzounian in the attack at the Bataclan

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arton118814-477x480Three days after the terrorist attacks that hit Paris, relatives of Lola Ouzounian formalized the death of this young girl of 17, who was at the Bataclan Friday, November 13 evening. Parisian schoolgirl, described as sweet and discreet, came to the concert of the Eagles of Death Metal with his father, journalist and professor at the ISCPA Eric Ouzounian, who survived.

It is the latter which confirmed the news on social networks, which have rallied in recent days to find her. Eric Ouzounian wrote: “Two senior police officers leave home and come to tell me with absolute certainty that the body was identified Lola. Let us remember that education, humanism, culture, are the best tools against barbarism. “

French Armenian teen missing since Paris attacks

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armenia missingThe police are searching for French Armenian Lola Ouzounian, 17, who has gone missing ever since the terrorist attacks on November 13 in Paris.

Chairman of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations in France (CCAF), Mourad Papazian, told about the abovementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“Lola Ouzounian was in the Bataclan Theatre during the terrorism; she disappeared after that,” Papazian said. “They are searching for her for three days; there is no information at this time.”

And French Armenian Hilda Tchoboian, who is an MP of the Rhône-Alpes Region of France, told us that Lola was at Bataclan with her father.

“They lost each other during the attack,” Tchoboian added. “The father is saved, whereas the girl is still being searched for.”

Simultaneous terrorist attacks occurred on the evening of November 13, in different parts of the French capital city.

According to official data, these attacks claimed more than 130 lives, but the media report about over 150 casualties.

A state of emergency has been declared in France.

Bombings in Paris: Stepanakert (Nagorno Karabakh) lights candles of solidarity

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arton118740-480x297The site reports that Artsakhpress.am Sunday, November 15 at the cultural center Charles Aznavour, the stele to the “Infinite” work Toros, the Armenians of Karabagh Republic High lit candles and laid flowers in memory of the victims the attacks in Paris.

The ceremony was initiated by professors from the State University of Artsakh (Karabagh) who wanted their students to express the pain of the Armenian people of Karabakh shared with French citizens. “We share the grief of the French and the candles that illuminate wish we express our support” entrusted Artsakhpress, Arthur Amirdjanian the president of University Student Committee of State Stepanakert. The Karabakh love France. France a friend.

Krikor Amirzayan

Paris Attack Nice piece in the NY Times.

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16Paris-SS2-jumboNice piece in the NY Times.

“France epitomizes what religious fanatics hate: the enjoyment of life here on earth, a multitude of ways: a cup of coffee that smells, accompanied by a growing one morning; beautiful women in short dresses smiling freely in the streets; the smell of warm bread; a shared bottle of wine with friends, a few drops of perfume, children playing in the Luxembourg gardens, the right not to believe in God, do not worry about calories, flirting and smoking, and to the love outside marriage, taking a vacation, read any book, to go to school for free, to play, to laugh, to discuss, to make fun of the prelates as men and women politicians to put the anxieties later: after death. No country benefits both to life on earth than France. Paris, we love you. We weep for you. You are grieving tonight, and we are with you. We know you will laugh again and sing again, you’ll make love, and that you will be cured, because to love life is part of what you are. The forces of evil will decline. They will lose. She always lose. “

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From Moscow to LA, security measures tightened following Paris attacks

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Security is being stepped up across the globe, with national governments holding emergency meetings to review security threats. Officials are asking the public to remain vigilant and not to panic following the devastating terror attacks in the French capital.

While France has declared state of emergency and closed its borders following a series of attacks in Paris, reportedly carried out by terrorists inspired by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), security measures have been reinforced by a number of other states. These include France’s neighbors in Europe, as well as countries such as Russia and the US.

Russia’s Anti-Terrorist Committee said the necessary measures are being taken “in light of the new threats.” “The entire national security network has been put on high alert,” the Committee said in a statement.

Russia’s Transportation Ministry “will take measures related to transportation security,” the ministry’s head Maksim Sokolov told journalists on Saturday. Security has been bolstered at all Moscow airports, a source familiar with the situation told Interfax; Russian Railways also announced additional steps to strengthen its security.

The UK is on a higher security alert, with security bolstered and additional checks introduced at international transport hubs. A number of key locations in British cities have also seen their security heightened, while the government is reviewing the current national threat level.

Officials fear the terror attacks are “not over yet,” the Telegraph reported, citing a British counter terrorism source. London was already on heightened alert for possible terrorist revenge attacks, after a notorious IS executioner known as Jihadi John was killed in a drone attack in Syria this week.

The Netherlands will tighten security at its borders, airports and railway stations, with all traffic to and from France to be closely monitored. Reuters cited Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte telling journalists on Saturday that the country is “at war” with IS.

“ISIS is our enemy. We are at war with ISIS. We are not at war with a country, a belief or with Islam,” Rutte said, adding, “Our values and our rule of law are stronger than their fanaticism.”

Security had also been reinforced in Italy, the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said. The risk of similar episodes should not be underestimated, Reuters cited Renzi as saying in a television address, with the minister adding that his country is standing by France, and that the attacks in Paris run counter to “all of humanity” and “our way of life.”

German authorities are analyzing the country’s threat level, DW reported. German security officials were in close contact with their French counterparts, as Germany “remains in the focus of international terrorism,” an Interior Ministry spokesperson said on Saturday.

Security is stepped up in the Austrian capital, Vienna, which is hosting an international meeting concerning the conflict in Syria. A French school was closed and city officials cancelled a popular Christmas market.

 

Turkey: One killed, nine injured in PKK attacks in southeast

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Clashes with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) continue in Silvan, a district of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır. AA Photo

One person has been killed and nine others, including four police officers and a child, have been injured in clashes with outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in multiple provinces in southeastern Turkey.

A taxi driver identified as Mehmet Gündüz, 45, was killed, and five other people, including a police officer, were wounded on Nov. 9 in clashes with PKK militants in Silvan, a district in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

A police officer was injured after PKK militants opened fire at security forces escorting a caterpillar filling trenches dug by militants. Three other people identified as Abdulsemet Kesici, 50, Seyfettin Kurt, 44, and Kudbettin Çiçek, 44, were also injured in the clashes, while another person, identified as Mehmet Emin Çiçek, 70, was injured in rocket fire targeted at his home.

A committee formed of members from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the Democratic Union Party (DBP) conducted an inspection at the site where Gündüz was killed.

The clashes came on the seventh day of a curfew in the southeastern town, which has been in effect since 5:00 a.m. on Nov. 3 as a pre-emptive measure to protect civilian deaths during anti-terror operations.

In the southeastern province of Mardin, meanwhile, three police officers and a child were wounded in clashes between the PKK’s youth wing and security forces working to open roads closed by the militant group.

Security forces dispatched armored vehicles to Mardin’s Nusaybin district after the outlawed Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG-H) seized citizens’ cars and lined them up in order to close roads to traffic at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 8.

A group of masked YDG-H militants arrived at Lozan Street in the Yeşilkent neighborhood and appropriated car keys from drivers. The group also fired at surveillance cameras to avoid being caught by the police.

While using the cars to close down Lozan Street, the group also built barricades on the side streets of the Yenituran neighborhood.

Police used armored vehicles to enter the streets and open the roads to traffic. However, clashes erupted when the militants attacked an armored vehicle with an improvised explosive device.

Three wounded police officers were transferred to the Nusaybin State Hospital for treatment, while 14-year-old Abdulselam Deniz was also injured in the explosion and brought to the same hospital.

In the southeastern province of Hakkari, two children were wounded on Nov. 8 after stepping on a landmine planted by PKK militants on the road connecting Hakkari’s Yüksekova and Şemdinli districts.

In a written statement, the Hakkari Governor’s Office said the children were collecting firewood at Şemdinli’s Korgan village before the explosion.

“Both children were initially brought to Yüksekova State Hospital and then transferred to Van’s Yüzüncü Yıl University Research Hospital via a military helicopter,” it said.

November/09/2015

British man attacks bus passenger for ‘speaking Turkish’ in London “you’re here for free benefits”

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n_90116_1A British man has been captured on video while verbally attacking a turkish speaking mant in London and throwing his zimmer frame off a bus for “speaking Turkish,” the Daily Mail has reported.

The video shows a man, traveling with a baby, launching a racist verbal attack against a Turkish passenger for talking in Turkish while living in the United Kingdom for “free benefits.”

“You’re talking in a different language but nobody knows what you’re saying,” the assailant can be heard saying.

“Go back to Turkey if you talk that sh*t. Oh no you can’t because sh*t gets blown up in Turkey,” he adds, perhaps referring to the double suicide bombings in Ankara on Oct. 10 that killed at least 102 people.

The attacker threatens the passenger before actually throwing his zimmer frame off the bus while getting off.

“‘That’s why you’re here mate – free benefits and a walker. Well your walker is going to go flying when this bus stops mate,” the clip shows the man saying. 

The man then grabs the passenger’s zimmer frame while getting off the bus and throws it away while the rest of the passengers remain seated in silence.

The attacker also appeals to the rest of the passengers by urging them all to “vote UKIP,” referring to the U.K. Independence Party, an anti-EU party that wants strict quotas on immigration.