Turkey says some dead, injured after attack at state aviation site
Turkey says some dead, injured after attack at state aviation site
ANKARA, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Turkey said on Wednesday that a deadly attack was carried out at the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) near Ankara, while media reported a loud explosion at the site and showed footage of an exchange of gunfire there. "A terrorist attack was carried out against the TUSAS facilities in Kahramankazan, Ankara. Unfortunately, we have martyrs and injured people," Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media X.
Unfortunately we have martyrs
If you have “martyrs” from a terrorist attack that are not the terrorists, you’re doing something wrong.
Wtf is that supposed to mean? Terrorists kill people and you shouldn't victim blame.
"Martyrs" I think seems to be the conservative Muslim politician lingo of saying "unjustly killed" or "killed in the line of duty" or "our honourable dead" somesuch. It is not surprising that extremists would use the same language, just like e.g. European far right organization have also used "honourable dead" style terminology, such as in the case of Golden Dawn in Greece for example.
That’s not victim blaming, bud. To the contrary.
Webster’s, definition 2:
martyr: a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle
That leaves aside the religious overtones of the first definition.
If you are treating deaths due to terror attack as anything other than tragedy, there is something deeply wrong with your society.
To suggest that it is in any way voluntary, or intentional for the sake of religion, is disgusting.
I’m sure once the paper gets ahold of the terrorists PR team for a quote, they’ll say they killed 5 infidels and had 2 martyrs.
But for now, it’s the government giving the quote, and they’re saying they killed 2 terrorists, and had 5 martyrs.
Editing to add: I don’t see martyr as a loaded term. It’s an honorific about someone’s death, when other words fail. It’s just a colloquial use of the word.
Anybody who is killed serving Allah is considered a martyr. Since every country with a majority Muslim population claims to be islamic, of course they will refer to people killed in fighting on their side as martyr.
That does not require particular nationalism or "conservative" religiousness. In the same way if Muslims say "alhamdullilah" which translates to "all praise is with Allah" it does not require to be super religious. It is an everyday expression.