- Title: Hundreds protest outside Istanbul nightclub following attack
- Date: 3rd January 2017
- Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (JANUARY 3, 2017) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** TURKISH FLAGS FLYING ON BOSPHORUS BRIDGE / POLICE AND PEOPLE GATHERING FOR PROTEST VARIOUS OF ARMED POLICEMAN RIOT POLICE OUTSIDE CLUB CROWD CARRYING RED CARNATIONS WALKING TOWARDS CLUB PROTESTERS HOLDING BANNER READING (Turkish): 'WE WILL NOT GET USED TO VIOLENCE' VARIOUS OF CROWD PROTESTING CROWD CHANTING (Turkish): 'WE WILL NOT SURRENDER TO FASCISM' PROTESTERS MAN SPEAKING INTO MICROPHONE RED CARNATION (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) PROTESTER, KADRI KILICI, SAYING: "The only way to get over this kind of situation is to bring more democracy, freedoms, peace and the institutionalization of secularity." POLICEMAN (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) PROTESTER, MUCELLA YAPICI, SAYING: "They want to accustom us to grisly attacks. I am here to show that I will not surrender to this violence, I am very sorry." POLICE OFFICERS PEOPLE HOLDING RED CARNATIONS PROTESTERS HOLDING MINUTE OF SILENCE FOR VICTIMS OF ATTACK
- Embargoed: 18th January 2017 16:08
- Keywords: Turkey attack gunman Reina club protest
- Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- City: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,International/National Security
- Reuters ID: LVA0015XJ1QO7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hundreds of people joined a protest on Tuesday (January 3) outside Reina nightclub in the Turkish city of Istanbul, where a gunman killed 39 people on New Year's Day in an attack claimed by Islamic State.
Protesters walked to the scene of the attack holding red carnations and banners condemning violence.
"The only way to get over this kind of situation is to bring more democracy, freedoms, peace and the institutionalization of secularity," one of the protesters, Kadri Kilici, said.
"They want to accustom us to grisly attacks. I am here to show that I will not surrender to this violence, I am very sorry," fellow protestor Mucella Yapici said.
The protesters held a minute's silence to commemorate the victims of the attack. Nationals of Turkey, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Libya, Israel, a Turkish-Belgian dual citizen and a Franco-Tunisian woman were among those killed, officials said.
The attacker, who remains at large, shot dead a police officer and a civilian at the entrance to the exclusive Reina nightclub on Sunday (January 1). He then opened fire with an automatic rifle inside, reloading his weapon half a dozen times and shooting the wounded as they lay on the ground.
In a statement claiming the attack on Monday (January 2), Islamic State described the club as a gathering point for Christians celebrating their "apostate holiday" and said the shooting was revenge for Turkish military involvement in Syria. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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