The violence that took place at the Madımak Hotel in Sivas on July 2, 1993, is a dark stain on Turkish history. And tragically, the entire population of a city stood by and watched as lives were burned alive... The crowd that gathered in front of the Madımak Hotel that day, howling "burn... burn... burn," was not only an echo of bigotry and ignorance, but also a sign of the decay within the country's governing bodies. GENCO ERKAL AND ‘SIVAS 93’ …
The violence that took place at the Madımak Hotel in Sivas on July 2, 1993, is a dark stain on Turkish history. And tragically, the entire population of a city stood by and watched as lives were burned alive... The crowd that gathered in front of the Madımak Hotel that day, howling "burn... burn... burn," was not only an echo of bigotry and ignorance, but also a sign of the decay within the country's governing bodies. GENCO ERKAL AND ‘SIVAS 93’ …