TURK YOUNG MAN ATTEMPTS TO BURN FLAG AS A SIGN OF PROTEST AGAINST PRIME MINISTER

Noyan Tapan
Apr 23 2007

ANKARA, APRIL 23, NOYAN TAPAN. A 32-year Turk young man with the
name of S.T. attempted on April 19 to burn publically the flag of
Turkey in one of the regions neighboring to Balikesir. But the police
employees arrived in the place of accident arrested the young man being
under the influence of spirits, preventing the attempt of burning
the flag. In the evidences given to the police, the young man said:
"With such a step I want to raise my voice of protest against Prime
Minister Tayyip Erdogan. I am not a Turk, I am an Armenian."

But, as the Hurriyet daily states, it was found out as a result of
the investigation that the young man is a Turk but not an Armenian
and has great dependence from spirits and narcotics.