In this article Kareem Fahim writes about the detainees that were found, in twin car bombings in Southern Turkey. According to the investigations, the detainees were all Turkish citizens to the government of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. These people are linked with pro-regime groups in Syria, for this reason, after the explosion many Turkish youths attacked Syrian refugees in Turkey. However, Syrian government denied and claimed that Syria would never do such thing. During this incident, there were 39 victims including 35 Turikish citizens and 3 Syrians. Fatima and Mehmet Aldag are victims, and Mehmet testified that he was hit by the explosion all of sudden. According to him, this incident was aimed to create problems between Turkey and Syria. Now the Turkish government is afraid that the civil wars in Syria will spill over the borders and affect the ethnically mixed Turkish areas.
The purpose of the writer in writing this article is to inform the readers about the terrible incident that took place in Turkey and also about the results of the investigations that were made. In order to do that effectively, he quotes people that were present such as Mehmet Aldag, one of the victims. This adds credibility to the article, appealing to ethos. Besides that, he uses metonymy throughout the article. For example, when he wants to say "Syrian government", he just says "Syria" instead. Even though Syria is not a name of a person, he says "Syria didn't and will never undertake...". This helps the readers understand easily what's happening in a simpler way. Also by mentioning number of people that suffered from this incident and other incidents in the past caused by Syria, he is able to appeal to the readers' pathos, since the number of victims were not small.
No comments:
Post a Comment