Türkiye is in big trouble.
Ambitious President Erdogan probably didn't expect that when he was about to set off for the G20 summit in Indonesia, something happened at home, and it was a major event that made people breathe.
A bustling pedestrian street in Istanbul, the largest city, on November 13, a sudden explosion occurred, killing 6 people and injuring more than 80 people.
There are explosions every day, tragedies every day, and countless people die every day, but this explosion in Turkey is indeed very extraordinary.
Time: On Sunday afternoon, Erdogan went to drive the G20.
Location : A pedestrian street in the bustling city center of Türkiye's largest city.
Event : Suicide explosion, probably done by a woman.
Result : Panic, not only Istanbul, but the concerns of the entire country.
According to the information disclosed by Turkish Vice President Oktai, this is a terrorist attack, and a woman was still launching the attack.
Turkish Attorney General Bozda revealed that a woman sat on a bench for more than 40 minutes at that time, then she stood up and a minute or two later, an explosion occurred.
According to his analysis, there are two possibilities, one is that an explosive device was placed in her bag, and she detonated; or, someone else remotely detonated the device.
But she sat on the bench for a full 40 minutes, looking at the bustling streets and the crowds, I wonder what she thought before life and death in the last 40 minutes?
To those who are playing on this bustling pedestrian street, it is a Black Sunday. Looking at the photos and videos, the scene was in a mess, and people were crying and running around, but many people still couldn't escape the disaster. A detail of the report of
CNN is: the body can be seen at the scene. An eyewitness said that "There is a man in the store with bleeding ears and legs, and his friends are crying near him."
When he was working in Israel in his early years, he also went to the explosion site many times. Apart from the bloody scenes, the most terrifying thing is that there is a kind of choking blood in the air. After a long time, the smell of blood seems to be attached to your clothes and cannot be dissipated for a long time...
Erdogan condemned this as a "despicable attack", saying that according to the initial signs, "there is a terrifying smell here" . He vowed that all the murderers will be punished, but he and the delegation will go to Indonesia on schedule to attend the G20 summit. Who did
?
is not clear yet.
But this bustling street was also attacked in the terrorist attack six or seven years ago. At that time, Ankara, the capital of Türkiye, and Istanbul, were frequently attacked by terrorist attacks, killing at least 500 people and injuring more than 2,000 people. Who did
?
One group is the "Islamic State" terrorists, and the other group is the Kurdish militants. Erdogan then suppressed the situation in Türkiye slightly improved, but now, new troubles are coming again.
This is certainly not the last time.
Finally, what do you think?
or three points.
first, giving Erdogan a heavy blow.
In the past year, Türkiye's diplomacy has been unprecedentedly active. Mediating the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, promoting the foreign transportation of Ukrainian grain, participating in multilateral summits, confronting Greece with military confrontation, and sending troops to Syria... Erdogan's strong attack, the Turkish skills and courage are indeed impressive.
does not have Türkiye, and it is true that many things between the Middle East and Russia and Ukraine are now unsolvable.
But the United States has a headache.Türkiye is a NATO ally, and NATO and Russia are hostile, but Erdogan is good. He meets Putin every few days and prevents Finland and Sweden from joining NATO... Alas, people are dispersed, and the team is really hard to lead.
Turkish friends are not just NATO and Russia. During this year's SCO summit, there was a photo Erdogan was very proud. He sat in the C position and told stories to Putin and many Central Asian leaders.
Erdogan was ambitious at this G20 summit, but the explosion at home obviously cast a shadow on his itinerary.
Second, Türkiye is getting more and more uneasy.
Türkiye's peaceful Sunday ended up becoming a nightmare. The purpose of terrorist activities is to kill and cause disasters and panic indiscriminately.
Türkiye is indeed becoming more and more uneasy. The fierce disputes with Greece, the cross-border sweep of the Kurds, and various games with the United States and the West all involved a large amount of Türkiye's resources.
Of course, the most important thing is the domestic economy. Turkey's inflation reached 80%, and the world is either first or second. But what is surprising is that when it comes to inflation, central banks of other countries raise interest rates, but Erdogan is the central bank governor who cut interest rates. He has been speculated many times in a row.
Western economists were all burned by Turkey and finally came to an important conclusion: Turkey is launching a comprehensive challenge to classical economics...
But according to some Westerners, Classical economics and Turkish economy can only live in the end.
Third, countries that have experienced terrorist attacks understand the despicableness of terrorist attacks.
There is no need to say more. After the Istanbul explosion, both the United States, France, Greece, Ukraine, etc. expressed sympathy for Türkiye and condemned the terrorist attacks.
Fortunately, it is Türkiye, after all, a NATO country; but if a terrorist attack occurs in Russia or Iran, will Western countries also condemn it?
In this world, terrorist attacks are terrible, but what is even more terrifying is the double standard.
For Türkiye, the peace in recent years has been broken again. The epidemic has not ended yet, inflation is still continuing, and the terrorist attacks have arrived again. It is not ruled out that a new bloody storm will follow. This terrible world.
For the whole world, we must firmly say no to terrorist attacks. Those who say one thing and do another will often suffer from it.
