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Turkish University Students Throw Shoes at Poster of Bush in Solidarity with Iraqi Journalist

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Published in Radikal
(Turkey) on 20 Decmember 2008
by Ramazan Çetin (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Garabet Moumdjian. Edited by Bridgette Blight.
Students at Pamukkale University in Denizli, Turkey, showed their solidarity to Iraqi journalist Muntazer Al Zeydi by throwing their shoes on a poster of President George Bush. The writing under the poster read: "You can throw anything you want at him."

The organizers, members of the university’s Philosophy Club, who had arranged their “stunt” near the Education Department building, said that their aim was to support Al Zeydi. They said that it was their duty to show to the United States that Turkey could never become a second Iraq.

"We are sending our regards and our support to our brothers in Iraq," said another big banner posted nearby, which carried the signatures of those students who supported the endeavor.

Journalist Banu Avar, who was presenting a lecture in the building, also partook in the event and showed his support to the organizers.


Denizli’de üniversite öğrencileri Bush’a ayakkabı fırlatan gazeteciye, Bush’un fotoğrafına ayakkabı fırlatarak destek verdiler

Ramazan ÇETİN/DENİZLİ

PAMUKKALE Üniversitesi (PAÜ) öğrencileri, ABD Başkanı George Bush’a ayakkabı fırlatan Iraklı gazeteci Muntazır El Zeydi'ye destek verdi.

Öğrenciler, kurdukları stantta ‘İstediğini fırlatabilirsin bu Buşt'a’ yazılı Bush posterine ayakkabı fırlattı.

Düzenledikleri, gazeteci Banu Avar’ın katılacağı konferansın öncesinde PAÜ Eğitim Fakültesi önüne stant açan PAÜ Düşünce Kulübü üyesi öğrenciler, ABD Başkanı Bush’a ayakkabı fırlatan Iraklı gazeteci Muntazır el Zeydi'ye destek verdi. Stantda, “Bugün bizlere düşen görev Türkiye’nin Irak olamayacağını ABD’ye göstermek.

El Zeydi’ye ve Irak’ta direnen halka destek ve selamlarımızı gönderiyoruz” yazılı metine imza attıran öğrenciler, üzerinde ‘İstediğini fırlatabilirsin bu Buşt’a’ yazılı Bush posterine de ayakkabı fırlattı.

Konferans için PAÜ’ye gelen gazeteci Banu Avar da gençlerin kampanyasına destek verdi.
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