Devlet Bahçeli, July 8, 2015

Date
July 8, 2015
Name of Author
Devlet Bahçeli
Body

“Our nationalist youth is sensitive to injustices in China. They should have the freedom to exercise their democratic rights. These are young kids. They may have been provoked. Plus, how are you going to differentiate between Korean and Chinese? They both have slanted eyes. Does it really matter?”Pinar Tremblay, “Attacks on Chinese Escalate in Turkey,” Al-Monitor, July 20, 2015, https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2015/07/turkey-china-random-violence-become-norm-in-lgbt.html.

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