This is a photograph of Emel Kitapçı and Artun Siyah Kitapçı, the wife and son of Ali Kitapçı who was killed in the bomb attacks against the Labor, Democracy and Peace rally in Ankara. The death toll of these attacks currently stands at 128 while there are more than 500 wounded, many of them in critical condition.
The photograph was taken by Burhan Ozbilici at a commemoration held outside the city's train station, where the attacks took place. Ali Kitapçı was an anarchist railroad worker and the secretary of the United Trade Union of Transport Employees’ Ankara branch. The following text is an excerpt of the speech by Emel Kitapçı at his funeral, as quoted in Bianet:
The photograph was taken by Burhan Ozbilici at a commemoration held outside the city's train station, where the attacks took place. Ali Kitapçı was an anarchist railroad worker and the secretary of the United Trade Union of Transport Employees’ Ankara branch. The following text is an excerpt of the speech by Emel Kitapçı at his funeral, as quoted in Bianet:
Biz ‘barış' dedik, onlar ‘ölüm' dedi. Biz katilin kim olduğunu biliyoruz. Ama biz dimdik ayaktayız. Biz vicdanımızla, ahlakımızla ayaktayız, mücadelemiz devam edecek. Bizi bir kez öldürürler ama bin kez doğururlar.
We said 'peace', they said 'death'. We know who the killer is. But we are standing up. We stand with our conscience, we stand with our ethics, our struggle will continue. They kill us once, but we are reborn a thousand times.
See also:
- Continuing the struggle | Güney Işıkara, Alp Kayserilioğlu and Max Zirngast, Jacobin
- Stories of those who lost their lives in Ankara | Bianet
- Thousands gather in Ankara to pay respects to activists killed in bombings | Kareem Shaheen, The Guardian
Many thanks to my dear friend Melek for helping me with the Turkish news sources and the translation - teşekkür ederim.
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