The Library of Birmingham has been lit up in red and white, the colours fo the Turkish flag, in tribute and solidarity with the victims of the New Year’s Eve terror attack in Istanbul (Image: Majid Mahmood)
The Library of Birmingham was lit up in the colours of the Turkish flag last night, to pay tribute to those killed in New Year’s Eve terror attack in Istanbul.
The Birmingham landmark was illuminated in red and white to show solidarity after 39 people were killed when a gunman opened fire inside Istanbul’s Reina nightclub on December 31st.
The move follows a request made by Councillor Majid Mahmood to the Library to mark the atrocity, to stand firm against all forms of terror. Militant group Daesh (also known as ISIS) has claimed it was behind the attack in Turkey.
The Library of Birmingham has been lit up in red and white, the colours fo the Turkish flag, in tribute and solidarity with the victims of the New Year’s Eve terror attack in Istanbul (Image: Majid Mahmood)
Hodge Hill Councillor Majid Mahmood said:
“Birmingham is multicultural and will always stand up against the evil that is terrorism.”
The majority of the 39 people killed in the nightclub massacre were Turkish, but around two-thirds of the dead were visitors from other countries.
The library has displayed the colours of national flags in the past after similar terror attacks. The German tricolour was adopted by the building after 12 people were killed when a truck ploughed into the Christmas market outside the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church last month.
Proud to see that the colours of the Turkey flag js displayed on the Library of Birmingham tonight #PrayforTurkey https://t.co/k9WMW9AB0j
— Cllr Majid Mahmood (@ClrMajidMahmood) January 3, 2017
The Library of #Birmingham is lit up in the colours of the Turkish flag tonight, in solidarity following the NYE #IstanbulAttack. #RIP pic.twitter.com/r3q5PLGUoe
— I Am Birmingham (@IAmBirmingham) January 3, 2017
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In March last year, the library was lit up in green and white to remember the victims of a terrorist attack which killed 70 in Pakistan, and was also enveloped in the colours of the Belgian flag following terror attacks in Brussels in the same month.
The Library of Birmingham lit up green and white for victims of the Pakistan attacks in March 2016
In 2015, The Library of Birmingham was lit up in French tricolore following attacks in Paris (Photograph: Adam Yosef)
In November 2015, the French tricolore was on display following terror attacks in Paris, France, during which bomb blasts and gunmen took the lives of 129 people.
At the time, similar displays of sympathy and solidarity were also shown by other city landmarks including the Birmingham Central Mosque in Highgate and the The Guru Nanak Sikh Temple in Smethwick.
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