From Ali, the Angry Arab's chief correspondent in Turkey:
"This is the most disgusting reporting, and I think the best example of sectarian provocation I have ever read. For, , "some" Turkish doctors are heavy handed when it comes to medical treatments of Syrian rebels. And by only asking "treated rebels" the yourmiddleaest found that all of this "some" are Alavi:
“I saw Turkish doctors amputating a Syrian fighter much higher than necessary on purpose. I saw another doctor pushing hard on the fracture of another patient until he screamed. Then he asked him to shut up because as a Syrian ‘he had no right to complain’. I also saw medical staff denying painkillers to Syrians because ‘they were Sunnis fighting against Bashar al Assad’.”
They claimed that "No Turkish doctor was available to answer our question". This is a big lie, if they really gave a chance to Turkish doctors, they would have talked on condition of anonymity moreover they could ask the questions to the Chief of Hatay Medical Chamber.
The Head of Hatay Medical Chamber Selim Matkap many times replied the questions of Turkish media. I read many reportings about the complaints of Turkish doctors and medical staff who are working in provinces close to the Syrian borders:
- Some of the rebels don't want Alevi doctors to treat them and asking directly to the staff if they are Alevi or not.
- Some nurses or female staff of the hospitals can be victims of sexual assaults or harrasments. For instance a nurse told that one of the rebels in the hospital called her to his room while he was half naked and masturbating.
- Because of the government support, Syrian rebels are shouting at doctors, giving them orders.
- Syrian rebels also have priority in hospitals and it makes Turkish citizens (whether they are Alevi or not) angry. In Kilis (dominantly sunni) people protested hospital administration and government about this inequality and discrimination. Same protest took place in also Sanliurfa (Dominantly Sunni) and Hatay."
"This is the most disgusting reporting, and I think the best example of sectarian provocation I have ever read. For, , "some" Turkish doctors are heavy handed when it comes to medical treatments of Syrian rebels. And by only asking "treated rebels" the yourmiddleaest found that all of this "some" are Alavi:
“I saw Turkish doctors amputating a Syrian fighter much higher than necessary on purpose. I saw another doctor pushing hard on the fracture of another patient until he screamed. Then he asked him to shut up because as a Syrian ‘he had no right to complain’. I also saw medical staff denying painkillers to Syrians because ‘they were Sunnis fighting against Bashar al Assad’.”
They claimed that "No Turkish doctor was available to answer our question". This is a big lie, if they really gave a chance to Turkish doctors, they would have talked on condition of anonymity moreover they could ask the questions to the Chief of Hatay Medical Chamber.
The Head of Hatay Medical Chamber Selim Matkap many times replied the questions of Turkish media. I read many reportings about the complaints of Turkish doctors and medical staff who are working in provinces close to the Syrian borders:
- Some of the rebels don't want Alevi doctors to treat them and asking directly to the staff if they are Alevi or not.
- Some nurses or female staff of the hospitals can be victims of sexual assaults or harrasments. For instance a nurse told that one of the rebels in the hospital called her to his room while he was half naked and masturbating.
- Because of the government support, Syrian rebels are shouting at doctors, giving them orders.
- Syrian rebels also have priority in hospitals and it makes Turkish citizens (whether they are Alevi or not) angry. In Kilis (dominantly sunni) people protested hospital administration and government about this inequality and discrimination. Same protest took place in also Sanliurfa (Dominantly Sunni) and Hatay."
