Turkije - Centraal Topic [#1] - Turkije, Nederland en de EU

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Op woensdag 25 maart 2009 19:04 schreef Frutsel het volgende:

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Done, maar het zal me niet verbazen als daar al een Turks topic loopt. Maar ik zie die zo ff niet
Succes

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ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- The leader of an ultra-nationalist Turkish political party was involved Wednesday in a helicopter crash in a mountainous region of Eastern Turkey, the state news agency reported.

There are conflicting reports as to whether Muhsin Yazicioglu survived.

Yazicioglu, the head of the Great Union Party (BBP) was on board with five other passengers, the Anatolian news agency reported.

Hundreds of people, including police, BBP members, soldiers, and civilian rescue teams are hunting with flashlights in freezing weather for the crash sight, Anatolian reported.

The BBP is one of the smallest of at least ten political parties expected to compete in municipal elections across the country on March 29.

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Op donderdag 26 maart 2009 13:21 schreef Diederik_Duck het volgende:

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Ik dacht, als vijanden van de (linkse) kerk onder mekaar kunnen we hier best een leuke boom opzetten.

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ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- Turkish officials continued searching Thursday for the leader of an ultra-nationalist political party whose helicopter crashed a day earlier in the mountains of eastern Turkey.

Muhsin Yazicioglu, the head of the fringe Great Union Party (BBP), was on board with five other passengers.

Turkish TV stations have been broadcasting a harrowing emergency call made by one of the passengers, reporter Ismail Gunes, after the crash Wednesday.

"I'm starting to freeze. I feel cold," Gunes says in the call. "It is snowing. I am inside the helicopter. I guess the people here died. Erhan, brother. Erhan, brother. Nothing. No sound from anyone. So bad."

Erhan is apparently the name of a fellow male passenger. After the female emergency dispatcher tells Gunes that the police are trying to locate him, he calls again to his friend.

"Erhan, brother. Brother, try to (open your eyes). He is lying, moaning," Gunes says.

"Is there any other sound from anyone?" the dispatcher asks.

"No, no," Gunes says. "My foot is broken badly. Miss, haven't you located us yet? We will freeze here. I guess the other people are dead. I can't move my foot. It is broken really badly. When will you determine our location, miss?"

The crash happened in a mountainous region of eastern Turkey amid rough terrain and adverse weather conditions, officials and media reports said.

It is not clear whether Yazicioglu survived.

The crash occurred just days before municipal elections are scheduled to be held across the country.

The BBP is one of the smallest of at least 10 political parties expected to take part in the March 29 elections. Larger political parties across the political spectrum canceled campaign rallies Thursday in the wake of the accident.

State news agency Anatolian said about 250 soldiers, a helicopter and a plane were involved in the search.