Yesterday's events involving five members of Turkey's highest administrative court, out of which two were severely injured (one of them dying in the end), by a still unknown gunman (or more) seems to have triggered a massive wave of resentment among Ankara's population.
Today saw thousands of people, from students, academics, union leaders, workers to judges, dressed in robes, marching on capital's streets in order to show their support for secularism and their denouncement of the terrible attack against the judges.
The story related to yesterday's shooting goes that the Islamic fundamentalist gunman, who shouted that "I am a soldier of God' while opening fire, motivated his act on grounds of revenge against a ruling involving a teacher wearing an Islamic-style headscarf.
The march included passing by the Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, a prominent figure in Turkish and world history, who managed to found the new modern face of Turkey, devoid of many fundamentalist and clerical teachings of the Koran. Many brought flowers, most of them red and white carnations, the national colors of Turkey's flag, kissed the stones of the mausoleum and chanted: "Turkey is secular and it will remain secular".
The most important judicial courts in Turkey, the Supreme Court, Council of State and Appeals Court signed a joint statement condemning yesterday's attack.
Many people are expected to attend the funeral ceremony of Judge Mustafa Yucel Ozbilgin, who died yesterday from severe head wounds. Police managed to catch the man suspected to have fired and two other accomplices were detained today, while search for three others is under way.
Photo Credits:AFP
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