gamavor Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 (edited) Ad in Australia draws anger from Turkish community Source: Australian Insult? An Australian recyclable paper firm has caused widespread outrage and anger with an advertisement using four members of the Melbourne Turkish community. In a picture imitating the famous cover of the Beatles' Abbey Road album, the four Turkish men are shown crossing a street, following eachother on a crosswalk. Underneath, the legend says "We get enough rubbish from overseas without importing recycled paper." The four men in the picture have complained that they were not told prior to the photoshoot what would be written underneath the picture. The firm, called Reflex, has yet to comment on the matter. One of the four men, 52 year old Ismet Gungordu, who emigrated to Australia 25 years ago, said he and his friends were tricked: "They promised us $3,200 all together, and said it would be an entertaining photo shoot. In around 2 hours, they shot 200 pictures of us. We thought everything had gone well. Then we saw the ad. They have put us in a strange position. I don't know whether there are Armenians or Greeks who are against Turkey in the ad firm. Whether or not we should open a court case against them, and what we should do, I am not sure." Hurriyet, 16 September 2005 Journal of Turkish Weekly http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=19730 PS:They have put us in a strange position. I don't know whether there are Armenians or Greeks who are against Turkey in the ad firm. Whether or not we should open a court case against them, and what we should do, I am not sure." They can open as much as court cases they want! Afterall they were paid for their "services".:):) Edited September 19, 2005 by gamavor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 HAHA .. that's awesome. I wonder if we can get a copy of the ad here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 (edited) What business do those SSO's have in Australia? WE are where we are because of them. What is their excuse? Why are they invading the civilized world? Why did they rape our mothers, murdered our fathers, conficated our homes and land if they had no intention of living there? Those SOB's/kopoglu's!!! They can go to Europe, Australia, America and.... HELL! Let them! Every one of them!! Every Christian country should send them back where they came from, i.e their "mother bitch's'.... ..womb"!! We will go back to OUR HOME LAND. Edited September 19, 2005 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takoush Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 (edited) You're right Arpa. And yes, we will go back to our HOMELAND. Մէկ բան մըն ալ աւելցնեմ ամէնն ալ գետինը թող մթնեն եւ սատկիննէ ալ քէշ չ՛ըլլար։ Անահիտ Թագուհի Edited September 19, 2005 by Anahid Takouhi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 I just wanted to use big and colorful fonts too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 I just wanted to use big and colorful fonts too. style_images/master/snapback.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takoush Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 I just wanted to use big and colorful fonts too. style_images/master/snapback.png Սիբ ճան, Մի քիչ խենդուկ էս։ Հոգ չէ, նայիս նէ բոլորս ալ քիչ մը խենդուկ ենք։ աւելի լաւ է քան թէ շատ խենդ ըլլանք, այնպէս չէ՞ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Ha "mi kitch" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakharar Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Can someone post that Abbey Road ad? I already have a mental picture in my mind but I'm still curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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