April 25, 206 US Foreign Secretary Condoleezza Rice stopped at Ankara today prior to her participation in a NATO meeting in Bulgaria. She also stopped at Athens on her way. Rice is holding meetings with state officials on the plans to attack Iran. She will be meeting with the President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, the Prime […]
April 25, 206
US Foreign Secretary Condoleezza Rice stopped at Ankara today prior to her participation in a NATO meeting in Bulgaria. She also stopped at Athens on her way. Rice is holding meetings with state officials on the plans to attack Iran. She will be meeting with the President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, the Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan and the Foreign Secretary Abdullah Gül. The US ambassador Ross Wilson has indicated in his press release that the visit seeks cooperation for the possible attack against Iran. It is being speculated that Rice will try to persuade Turkey to participate in a collation to pressure Iran.
Other issues on the table for discussion are the ISAF command center being used for Afghan occupation, Palestine and Hamas and the military actions of Turkey against the PKK Kurds at the Iraq border.
Anti War Protesters Meet Rice
Anti War protestors were prepared to protest the visit of US Foreign Secretary Rice who is one of the people responsible for the aggression against Iraq.
Ankara
Staged by many democratic organizations and political parties, a demonstration was held in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, where around 700 protesters chanted, “Murderer US, Collaborator JDP, No to War, Imperialists will Lose, Resisting Peoples will Win!” The protesters marched to the US embassy where they left a black wreath.
In the press release in front of the US embassy, Tayfun Görgün, the regional representative of DISK, the Confederation of Progressive Labor Unions, said the anti war activists will protest against the occupier US as they have done in the past.
After the labor representative, İsmail Hakkı Tombul, the President of KESK, the Confederation of Public Workers’ Unions, spoke as the representative of participating coalition of democratic organizations. He said, Rice was in Turkey with her new plans of war, and she demanded more blood after the destruction the US has caused in Iraq. He added, “Our people, who have thrown the sailors of the US 6th fleet, who have burned the US Ambassador Commer’s car, who have torn the demand to participate in Iraq war from the US will also reject new demands of blood and tears from Rice.”
Rice is being protested everywhere
In another event, a banner reading, “Murderer Rice, Get Out!” was hung at the most busiest overpass in downtown Ankara.
In Istanbul, protesters occupied the McDonald’s restaurant in Istanbul’s busiest downtown location.
Rice who had visited Athens in Greece before her visit here was also greeted with protests there. The Greek police attacked the protesters with tear gas as they tried to contain the protest which was called by the Greek Communist Party and the Greek Social Forum organization.
Halkın Sesi (People’s Voice) – Ankara
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