Dhaka: Following the execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman
Nizami, the Turkish people saw protests and violence in both in front of their
embassy at Bangladesh and at Istanbul. Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan,
therefore, have issued an official statement to its Bangladeshi ambassador
Debrim Ozturk and asked him to report home as soon as it is possible.
In Istanbul, members of Anatolia Youth Association
(AGD) ‘gathered their voice’ and protested. Nizami was fourth from his party who
has been executed since December 2013 for 1971 war crimes ‘despite global
criticism of their trials.’
In a statement made by President Tayyip Erdogan on May
11, the
ministry has ‘condemned’ the death penalty of the 72-year-old Islami leader. The statement also
condemned the execution, said reports. The Turkish ambassador, debrim ozturk
was ordered to leave Bangladesh. He will reach at his homeland at late at Thursday.
Dhaka has confirmed Ozturk’s departure in a Turkish airlines flight for Ankara.
When a country is extremely displeased at a certain
policy or action of another country, the former withdraws its ambassador from
the latter to express its displeasure, said a former diplomat pointing towards
the complex procedure untaken by the Turkish ministry to call its ambassador
back at home. Some also stated that with modern ways of communication
available, ‘it has few practical consequences or utility, but it is still
indicative of a serious strain on bilateral relations,’ sources said.
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