Istanbul is an anonymous tomb. It is the first in the “Graveyard of Traitors” which was created to “accommodate” the bodies of the participants in the coup d’état of 15 July.
The week after the failed coup, which killed 290 people, the municipality announced plans to build a cemetery, especially for those who participated in the attempt. People who have been classified as “traitors” who should not receive proper burial.
“The Authorities will create a space that will be named “graveyard of traitors”. Passers-by would pass, and they’ll be cursing. Let’s not calm down ever in their graves” said the mayor of Istanbul, Kadir Τοπμπάς, as he had broadcast the agency Îτογκάν.
“I gave the order to find a burial site which we’ll call it the “graveyard of traitors”. So passers-by would curse their bones that will be located there. So we can’t rest even in their graves,” said mayor of Istanbul, in accordance with the ΧουÏιÎÏ„.
The construction was quick, notes the Guardian. Within two days the workers had built a low stone wall at the back of the construction site and placed a black metallic that says “Graveyard of Traitors”.
The first and so far unique body was moved there on Monday, say the workers. There were no prayers, no ceremony.
The workers are not sure who the dead man, but local media say the first that was buried there is the Mehmet Karabekir, a 34-year-old captain, a father of two children. The mother, transmit the same means, he refused to receive the body and for this reason was buried there.
Next to him there are other open tombs. The workers in the field do not know when it will be transferred there and to other bodies, the only thing they know is that they have been given a mandate to build a stone wall and open up a few graves.
The cemetery is not accessible to the public, but there are already reactions from the residents of the area with a lot to say that should be incinerated and their ashes thrown in the ocean.
The photos published by the Reuters…
See the new “graveyard of traitors” in Turkey!
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