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[Nickp]

Turkish Airlines gets the hump
A camel on the banks of the Bosphorous
Some say camel meat tastes like 'coarse beef'
A job well done is worth celebrating, but Turkish Airlines say staff went too far when they sacrificed a camel.

To mark the last delivery of 100 aircraft, maintenance workers clubbed together to buy the beast - and then consume it.

The sacrifice took place at Istanbul international airport.

"They didn't ask permission," a spokeswoman for the airline told the BBC, adding that the boss of the offending staff had been suspended.

He will remain off work while the incident is investigated.

Camel is eaten in Turkey, while the sacrifice of animals - usually sheep - is performed during the Festival of Sacrifice, marking the prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son when God ordered him to.

"But it wasn't anything to do with that," said Belgin Alisan of Turkish Airlines, which was last week accepted into the Lufthansa-led Star Alliance.

"They went too far. We are really quite shocked."

Top-selling daily Hurriyet said 700kg of camel meat were distributed among the workers.

[MR-from-NG]

The actions of one idiot. So lets use it as a weapon to keep them out, well done.

[steveash]

Naaa not happy with the north south issue, however they can do what they want for me, its their beliefs at the end of the day, live and let live

[Murataga]

For the information of those involved in this discussion, a very similar discussion took place under "General Chat" with the title "Turkish Airlines gets the hump". I suggest you read that before bringing up the issue again.

I feel obliged to let you know that the principal manager responsible for the "sacrifice" was removed from his duties two days ago due to this unacceptable event. Furthermore, the way and the location which this instance took place was ridiculed by the media and the people. Minister of Culture and Tourism officially and publicly reprimanded the incident.

I invite all to refrain yourselves from making irrational judgements about a country and its citizens based on isolated unfortunate events. It is premature to say the least.

[Nickp]

I'm sure there are more people than this individual who think like this given Turkeys mass side and rural population.

I'm not sure how the French, Germans and Austrians are taking this but i read a German article that roughly translated said,

"Proud is the man to call him self a Turk who can slaughter Cammels at the Airport."

[Nickp]

upon further research i think this title was mocking some kind of saying that 'attaturk' had coined and furthermore something to do with his name being Kamal or something.

[DT.]

upon further research i think this title was mocking some kind of saying that 'attaturk' had coined and furthermore something to do with his name being Kamal or something.

you're gonna get it now.

[zan]

I don't know but I think that artical got it wrong. Camel does not taste like beef but of Turkish Cypriot flesh, you know like the kind your beloved leader used to eat with his boss Makarios.

[zan]

Papapetru's Confession: We Were Trained To Kill Turkish Cypriots
BY: Tarkan


Nicosia - Deputy Chairman of United Democrat (EDI) party and the former spokesman of Greek Cypriot Administration, Michailis Papapetru declared that the he was trained by some governmental and non-governmental organizations that gave military training before 1963 with the purpose of putting the Akritas Plan into force and massacring the Turkish Cypriots.
As it is written in the liberal Politis newspaper of South Cyprus "Governmental and non-governmental organizations - including me myself- have given military training to some trainees in order to put the Akritas plan into force and murder the Turkish Cypriots" said Papapetru in his confession and underlined that the burden and the responsibility of the inspections are on the Greek Cypriot Administration, speaking at a TV program together with the deputy of the Greens George Perdikis.

According to the newspaper, Perdikis said that the Greek Cypriot Government should have the responsibility of scrutinizing under what conditions the left-winged Greek Cypriots murdered and also the violence applied to Turkish Cypriots afterwards. The daily read:

"At this point Mihailis Papapetru said publicly that before 1963 governmental and non-governmental elements including Papapetru himself with the intention of putting the Akritas Plan into force and killing Turkish Cypriots, gave military training to his Community. Without appropriating Perdikis' language who offered the starring cast of the incident should hear a case, Papapetru said these are not the subjects for now."

[growuptcs]

Zan, temper, temper. If you stop acting so victim, you wont feel like a victim anymore. Try it, it works. If not just talk to the hand cause the GCs dont want to hear it anymore.