Turkey set to deport 7 Syrian refugees over banana consuming controversy
2 min read7 Syrian refugees are set to be deported from Turkey over a banana controversy. After a Turkish citizen complained that Syrian refugees might afford bananas whereas he can’t, it sparked a large controversy within the aftermath of which the Syrian refugees shall be deported for “provocatively” sharing pictures of themselves consuming bananas.
🔴#SONDAKİKAMuz yeme içerikli videolar paylaşıp provakatif şekilde alay eden yabancı uyruklu 7 şahıs yakalanmış olup adli işlemlerinin tamamlanmasının ardından haklarında sınır dışı etme işlemleri başlatılacaktır.— İçişleri Bakanlığı— ibrahim Haskoloğlu (@haskologlu) October 27, 2021
“You’re living more comfortably. I can’t eat banana, you are buying kilograms of banana,” the Turkish man instructed a Syrian scholar within the video that was captured in Istanbul on the seventeenth of October. Soon, he was joined by a Turkish girl who accused Syrians of residing in extravagant style as a substitute of becoming a member of the combat in Syria.
Soon after, a social media pattern gained momentum with Syrians sharing pictures of themselves consuming bananas in response to the remark.
‘Provokatif amaçlı muz yeme eylemi’ nedeniyle 7 Suriyeli sınır dışı ediliyorhttps://t.co/hbFmMCm14q pic.twitter.com/EgQTLjF28r— Artı Gerçek (@artigercek) October 27, 2021
Subsequently, the movies sparked a response from Turkish extremists on social media who claimed that it was time to “shoot and kill” Syrians.
Among the trending hashtags in Turkey are #suriyeli and #ÜlkemdeSuriyeliİstemiyorum (I don’t need Syrians in my nation), as a result of a number of Syrians posted banana-eating movies on TikTok (ref. to a remark within the information).Clearly justifies, “it’s time to shoot and kill the Syrians.” pic.twitter.com/CdQglQX9Yn— Lindsey Snell (@LindseySnell) October 25, 2021
10 days because the first video was captured, on the twenty seventh of October, the Turkish migration authority issued a press release saying, “Seven foreign nationals have been rounded up in a probe over the provocative social media posts and they will be processed for deportation.”
