Six crimson Turkish flag hang on gold staffs behind the empty podium. Conversation in an intriguing melody fills the room-- Turkish, French, English, German, Arabic, Persian. Although at least ten percent of the reporters in the Ankara press room are likely Kurdish, not a word of the language makes an appearance. It's still illegal to speak Kurdish in government buildings, anyway.
Young women in printed headscarves dart through the room delivering complementary tea and Turkish coffee. Even the robust, earthy coffee can't calm the reporters' anticipation. Maybe some pistachio chocolate tea cookies? Those don't help either. It's incredible how lively the journalist crowd gets right after a suicide bombing.
While reporters nibble on cookies and debate what the Turkish president will say, Erdoğan's aid calls for silence. The president has returned from afternoon prayer. The exhausted head of state steps up to the mahogany podium and delivers a speech that no one was expecting.
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| Roosewelt Pinheiro/ABr. Brazillian President Lulaand Turkish Prime Minister |
While reporters nibble on cookies and debate what the Turkish president will say, Erdoğan's aid calls for silence. The president has returned from afternoon prayer. The exhausted head of state steps up to the mahogany podium and delivers a speech that no one was expecting.
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