Kungase kusilingo ukuphetha ngemibhikisho eseTaksim Square naseGezi Park ukuthi izwe lonke limelene noNdunankulu waseTurkey, u-Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Lowo mbono uqina ebusuku lapho izakhamuzi ezihlala ezindaweni eziseduze zimi emafasiteleni zizoshaya amabhodwe azo zisekela imibhikisho. Kodwa kude nesikwele kanye nepaki, kuneminye imibono.
Indawo yase-Uskudar iyisikebhe esiwela iBosphorus. Kusukela ogwini lwase-Istanbul lwase-Asia, imibukiso izizwa ikude kakhulu. E-Uskudar ayibanga khona imibhikisho emikhulu. Eduze kwechweba lesikebhe, abashishi bezicathulo bashaya amatafula abo ukuze bazame ukuheha amakhasimende.
Kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, lesi sifunda siye sathuthukiswa undunankulu. Uhulumeni wakhe ulungisa i-mosque. Yakha nomhubhe wokuxhuma i-metro kulolu hlangothi lwe-Bosphorus. Kude bude buduze nalapha, uMnu Erdogan uhlongoza ukuthuthukiswa kabusha ngethemba lokuthola Imidlalo yama-Olympic ka-2020.
Emakethe ka-Uskudar, undunankulu unabo bobabili abasekeli nabagxeki. Ngaphandle kwendawo yokudayisa izinhlanzi, kubuthana idlanzana ukuze kuxoxwe.
Qhubeka ufunde indaba esemqoka.
"Akekho lapha ophakamisa ukuthi isikhundla sikandunankulu sisengcupheni - kodwa okokuqala ngqa, ikusasa lakhe njengomholi waseTurkey yindaba yenkulumompikiswano evulekile"
“Akekho umuntu ongenaphutha,” kusho indoda ethile esebenza embonini yezokuvakasha. "U-Erdogan unezinqubomgomo ezinhle, nezinqubomgomo ezimbi. U-90% walokho akwenzayo kusiza izwe. Kunabantu abamthandayo nabamzondayo. Abantu akumele bashise izimoto zamaphoyisa, bajikijele ngamatshe.”
“U-Erdogan ukuphela komholi okhona,” kugcizelela enye indoda. “Ungumholi omkhulu kunabo bonke emhlabeni ngemuva [komsunguli waseTurkey] u-Ataturk. Amaphoyisa awabahlaseli abantu uma bengenzi lutho. Uyini umsebenzi wamaphoyisa? Ukuvikela abantu.”
Indoda endala ibona ingxoxo bese iqonda ngqo ukuze iveze iphuzu layo.
"UTayyip Erdogan ungumashiqela futhi ngike nganele ngaye," Akanandaba nomsunguli wethu u-Ataturk noma i-republic. Uzamile ukususa ubuwena be-republic. Umphakathi ucikekile ngaye. Sekwanele. I-Tayyip ayiyinhle neze kuleli.”
Abanye bamdedele akhulume. Imibono ehlukene e-Uskudar ayizange ibangele imibhikisho noma iziyaluyalu. Akekho lapha ophakamisa ukuthi isikhundla sikandunankulu sisengozini. Kodwa ngokokuqala ngqa, ikusasa lakhe njengomholi waseTurkey liyinkulumo-mpikiswano evulekile.
BBC
