U-Ahmet Kaya wayengumculi wamaKurd owazalwa ngo-1957 eMalatya, eningizimu-mpumalanga yeTurkey. Wayedume ngendlela emangalisayo futhi wathengisa izigidi zamarekhodi ngawo-1980 nawo-1990. Ubephinde abe yiciko elimelene ne-Kemalist elaliphonsele inselelo ngokungananazi imibono yombuso esemthethweni. Akazange anqikaze ukusola ukuthi umbuso olawulwa yibutho laseTurkey wawuzama ukuqeda amaKurds. UKaya futhi wayengumvikeli oqinile weqembu lezenkolo, ama-Alevi kanye namaqembu angewona amaSulumane ayecindezelwe umbuso wamaKemalist. Ukhunjulwa ngokuvikela u-Recep Tayyip Erdogan, manje osengundunankulu, wabe eseboshelwa ukusho inkondlo emelene noKemalist ngeminyaka yawo-1990. Ekhonsathini ngo-Okthoba 29, 1998, eTaksim Square, wagxeka lokho okwenziwa ku-Erdogan.
Ngokudabukisayo, wakhokhela imibono yakhe ekhululekile ngokuphila kwakhe. Ngo-1999, abezindaba abajwayelekile baseTurkey bathatha uKaya ngokuba umKurd. Imithombo yezindaba evamile ngaphansi kombuso wangaphambili yayinobandlululo futhi inobuzwe ngokwedlulele. Yingakho amalungu emithombo yezindaba yobandlululo angaleso sikhathi engenakho ukwethembeka eTurkey namuhla. Bangakhohlisa kuphela abafundi baseNtshonalanga abangayazi iTurkey.
UKaya uklonyeliswe ngemuva kokushona kwakhe ngeNdondo Yokuhlonishwa Kamongameli futhi wanconywa nguMongameli u-Abdullah Gul ngesikhathi somcimbi wakamuva.
Isifinyezo salokho uKaya aphila ngakho kuzosiza ukuchaza indaba yakhe yokuphila emangalisayo. Ngo-1999, uKaya wanikezwa indondo yi-Magazine Journalists Association. Ngesikhathi ethola ukuhlonishwa uKaya uthe, “Le ndondo ngiyithola egameni lawo wonke umuntu olwela amalungelo abantu. Ku-albhamu yami elandelayo, ngizocula ngesi-Kurdish futhi ngizokwenza isiqeshana sevidiyo sesi-Kurdish. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi bakhona abantu be-TV abanesibindi abazosakaza lezi.”
Lawa mazwi aphendulela phezulu ihholo lehhotela likanokusho lase-Istanbul. Abaculi baseTurkey nezintatheli, cishe bonke abakwaKemalist kanye nabezizwe, babhikisha, baze baphonsa izimfoloko nemimese etafuleni lakhe. U-Kaya usinde ngokulambisa nempilo yakhe ekuhlaselweni kwababhali nabaculi abanobandlululo, konke ngenxa yokuveza isifiso sokucula ngesiKurdish.
U-Kaya wasinda kulokho kuhlangana, kodwa i-lynching yabezindaba yayizoqala ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva. NgoFebhuwari 14, inkambiso yansuku zonke Hurriyet, isiqubulo sayo esithi “iTurkey ingeyabaseTurkey,” yaphuma nesihloko sebhengezo esisola uKaya ngokuthi “uyihlazo.”
Idethi ngaphansi kwesihloko bekunguBerlin, 1993, enesithombe sikaKaya ecula phambi kwephosta yomholi we-PKK u-Abdullah Ocalan kanye nemephu yaseKurdistan. Umbhalo wawufundeka kanje, “Esithombeni esingaphambili, umbulali wezingane.” Umbiko wezindaba ucaphune uKaya ethi, “Angikwazanga ukuza lapha neqembu le-orchestra. Lokho bekuzodinga amanye amamaki angama-20,000-25,000 aseJalimane. Amadoda asezintabeni adinga imali.”
Hurriyet uhole lo mbiko ngokuthi, “Inhlangano idinga imali.”
Intatheli yaseTurkey u-Ertugrul Ozkok, obephethe Hurriyet, manje uthi uyazisola ngezihloko zezindaba, kodwa ngemva kweminyaka ezivikela. Ngonyaka odlule nje usamile kwelokuthi umbiko wezindaba wawunemba ngo-100%. Konke bekuyisu lokusebenzisa i-athikili eqanjiwe ukucekela phansi uKaya. Kamuva kwavezwa ukuthi uKaya akazange enze ikhonsathi eJalimane ngo-1993. Eqinisweni wayengayanga nhlobo eBerlin ngalowo nyaka. Kwakungekho khonsathi yaseBerlin yango-1993. U-Kaya akazange acule kuleyo khonsathi engeyona eyekhonsathi, phambi kwephosta elingekho lika-Ocalan kanye nemephu engekho yaseKurdistan. Akekho owayethe, “Inhlangano idinga imali.” UKaya akazange athi, “Amadoda asezintabeni adinga imali.”
Kafushane, Hurriyet, ngaphansi kokuphathwa kwe-Ozkok, yethule umsebenzi wokwenza uKaya ngokudala ikhonsathi, imephu engekho kanye nephosta ye-Ocalan kanye namagama aqanjiwe uKaya angakaze awasho. U-Ozkok wayesaphindaphinda amanga afanayo eminyakeni engu-12 ngemva kokufa kukaKaya.
Ngemva kokusakazwa kwamanga aluhlaza, umshushisi waseTurkey wabuza Hurriyet kwezithombe namavidiyo avela endabeni. Nansi indlela umeluleki wezomthetho we Hurriyet, u-Aslihan Dumlu, waphendula amaphoyisa ase-Istanbul ngoNovemba 25, 1999: “Asinawo amakhasethi, izithombe eziqoshiwe kanye nemibhalo ehlobene Hurriyet isihloko esikhulu sika-Feb. 14, 1999.”
Lokhu, yiqiniso, kwakuyisivumo esingenakuphikiswa ukuthi Hurriyet babezenzele lowo mbiko wezindaba.
Zonke izinkulumo ezishiwo kuKaya ukuthi wamukela indondo yamaKurds, ukuthi uzokwenza isiqeshana sevidiyo samaKurd, ukuthi uzolwa neziteshi ze-TV ezenqaba ukuyisakaza nokuthi uzobaphoqa ukuthi babone imvelaphi yakhe yamaKurd bekuphelele. amanga okucasula abantu ngokumelene noKaya.
Yilokhu u-Ertugrul Ozkok abhala kukholamu yakhe ka-Feb. 14, 1999: “Yonke into yayiyinhle ngalobo busuku, ngaphandle kwendoda eyodwa embi, uKaya.” Kungenxa yokuthi uKaya uthe ufuna ukucula ngesiKurdish.
Futhi ngo-Feb. 14, 1999, umbhali odumile u-Bekir Coskun, oweseka iqembu elikhulu eliphikisayo i-Republican People's Party, wabhala, “Angimthandi uKaya noma kunjalo. Ngangingenandaba nokuthi waxoshwa embuthanweni onjalo. Uma umculi engumuntu ohlukanisayo, ethumela imiyalezo engalungile kubantu, nakanjani uzoxoshwa. "
Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, u-Fatih Altayli, namuhla ophethe u-Haberturk, wabhala, “Ahmet, uyindoda engafundile, engafundile futhi elula engazi ukuthi ukhuluma ngani. Uma ngibuza lo-Ahmet, 'Iyini imibono?' aphendule athi: ‘Ingadliwa na?’”
Kulandela le mibiko yezindaba kanye nokuphawula okwenziwe ngendlela embi, abashushisi baqala ukuvulela uKaya amacala. Wabatshela ukuthi wayengekho eBerlin ngalolo suku, futhi akazange enze ikhonsathi enjalo. Umshushisi uthe ubeka icala lakhe phezu kwemibiko yamaphephandaba. Ngebalazwe elingekho kanye nekhonsathi engazange yenzeke, uKaya wacishe wagwetshwa iminyaka engu-20 ejele.
Ngemva kwezinyanga ezinhlanu, ithimba lynching ngaphansi kobuholi Hurriyet waqala omunye umsebenzi wokuqeda uKaya. I-Ozkok ishicilelwe Hurriyet ngo-July 20, 1999, enesihloko esithi, “Wena, awuhloniphekile.” Umbiko wezindaba ngaphansi kwayo ubufundeka kanje, “UKaya, owenza ikhonsathi eMunich, wathulula iTurkey ngenhlamba. Wabiza iTurkey ngokuthi 'izwe elihlazekile.'” Lo mbiko wawuhambisana nesithombe sika-Ocalan esinobuchwepheshe.
Ngalo lolo suku, umlobi oshisekela ubuzwe ngokwedlulele uFatih Altayli wabhala: “Uma unemali, ungathenga u-Ahmet. U-Ahmet ungumqambimanga, indoda engahloniphi. Umemeza noma ngubani omkhokhelayo.”
Hurriyet akabanga namahloni kudokotela amazwi ashiwo uKaya ngemoto yakhe: “Ngishiye imoto yami ezweni labahlazekile.” Ngakho uKaya waphoqeleka ukuba ahambe eTurkey ngenxa yezinsongo eziqhubekayo ezalandela.
UmkaKaya, uGulten, nendodakazi, uMelis, babethuthele eParis. Kodwa lokho bekungenele kwabezindaba baseTurkey abanobandlululo. Kwalandela omunye ukuhlinzwa ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbili. I Hurriyet Isihloko esikhulu sango-September 2, 1999 sasifundeka kanje: “Isikhohlakali, isenzo esingahloniphekile.”
Nalapha, abantu baseTurkey babone amanga afanayo kanye nemephu mbumbulu efanayo ehambisana nezingcaphuno eziqanjiwe. Kwakuyimithombo yezindaba, ikakhulukazi Hurriyet, lokho kwenza iTurkey yangakwazi ukuphila uKaya, owagcina edingisiwe ngemva kokuqongelela inqwaba yezinhlawulo nezigwebo ezisekelwe emibhalweni engamanga nemibiko yezindaba. Inhliziyo yakhe ayikwazanga ukumelana nengcindezi, futhi washona ngoNovemba 15, 2000.
UKaya wabulawa ecaleni lokubulala elihamba kancane. Kodwa namuhla, iningi laseTurkey limkhumbula ngothando.
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