Chapter 928: Ankara

The plane arrived in Ankara at about 9 o'clock in the morning.

At this time, it is naturally calculated in advance, and there is naturally a certain amount of truth in it.

After all, it is a foreign visit by the prime minister of a country, and if you arrive at someone's land on a special plane, it happens to be a time when the lights are blind, so how can people organize a welcome event?

Although this matter is only a small detail, it is very important for the arrangement of state events.

Otherwise, if the prime minister of a big country comes over when he sees no light, what does this portend?

These things, once the media take them into account, will always give you a lot of things that are not very comfortable.

"Warmly welcome the Prime Minister's visit to Ankara."

"Hello Prime Minister!"

A group of embassy staff, international students and representatives of local Chinese businessmen formed a welcoming team, holding bouquets of flowers and national flags, and expressed their warmest welcome to the visiting team led by the prime minister himself.

Then there is the welcome team organized by the local official in Ankara, which includes the vice president of Turkey, the mayor of Ankara, and important representatives of the local government and business community and their families.

As for those who laid flowers and shouted welcome slogans, it was naturally a team of local children, all dressed in Turkish national costumes and a little elated.

"Supposedly, these services cost money." Lin Xiao was in the crowd below at this time, he took a look at the lively scene, and said with a smile to the little girl Tian Tian beside him.

"It's normal, it's not normal if you don't spend money." Tian Tian replied, but at the same time, her eyes kept searching the crowd, obviously very vigilant, "In fact, all countries are similar in this regard, mainly using student groups, embassy personnel, and then representatives of the news media, if the number is too small, it will definitely cost money to hire some people to support the scene." ”

The staff disembarked from the plane first, and finally the prime minister and his wife appeared on the red carpet staircase.

When the Prime Minister appeared at the hatch, the welcome music rang out.

The Prime Minister then waved to the crowd before slowly descending the stairs to Turkish territory, where he shook hands and exchanged greetings with the Vice President.

Then, the guard of honor played cheerful music, the prime minister shook hands with the crowd, the reporters pressed the shutters of their cameras, and the flashes clicked for several minutes, and then the ceremony at the airport was completed.

The group immediately got into the vehicle and headed straight for the station.

Lin Xiao and the others have been paying attention to the changes around them, especially the changes in the crowd.

Sure enough, this visit attracted the covetousness of many unstable elements, and Lin Xiao found at least a dozen hostile and suspicious targets in the crowd, but these people did not make too out-of-the-ordinary moves, so Lin Xiao did not react obviously.

But he still paid special attention to it, remembered the image of the other party, and planned to draw it after he went back, so that the relevant departments could check the origin of these people.

There was still a person in the back who couldn't help but rush out, holding an illegal flag, shouting slogans asking for something, but he said a minority language, Lin Xiao was not very good at this, so he couldn't understand it.

But there were still some people who understood, and their faces suddenly changed.

However, the police on the Turkish side were still relatively powerful, and when they saw the situation, they immediately took action to solve it.

After all, the local police were very embarrassed by this kind of problem at this welcome ceremony, which means that their organizational skills are deficient and their ability to act is doubtful.

This is an intolerable thing and must not be let go easily!

So, everyone watched as the man was dragged away by the police, and then dragged into the crowd, and he was beaten honestly with a stick.

"Hehe, this ****, it's just that you can't find it yourself." Tian Tian smiled after reading it.

"It's hard to say this, after all, it's a matter of the benevolent and the wise, you should be his ****, or he himself still thinks he's great, his position is different, and his thoughts are naturally different, which is not surprising." Yan Nan next to him smiled.

But anyway, after getting in the car, the situation was much more stable, and soon everyone arrived at the station.

On the Turkish side, the president will preside over a welcoming ceremony, not only with the prime minister, but also with a declaration of a new partnership between the two countries, a process that cannot be omitted and that needs to be done everywhere you go.

After tossing and turning for a while, it was finally done.

"Alas, it's not easy to be prime minister, this kind of state visit is too torturous, you can't show an unhappy expression, otherwise, it will be a very serious international incident." Lin Xiao said when he saw it.

As a matter of fact, although Turkey is the first stop of the prime minister's foreign visit and is also a gathering place for traditional separatists, it is logically more dangerous, but the security issue here is relatively reliable.

This is naturally because when the decision was made to visit, Ankaila became the target of key defense, so both the Chinese side and the Turkish side were more careful to investigate and avoid causing a big mess.

The next most dangerous thing is actually that after going to Europe, the people there are more loose, the police are more fucked, and the politicians are even more intrigued, digging out their minds to get ahead, so any strange thing can be done.

The various demonstrations and demonstrations that are often encountered in Europe are basically supported by local politicians or political parties behind the scenes, and some even politicians go directly to the battlefield shirtless, after all, they are not a one-party dictatorship, so the opposition parties will spare no effort to dismantle their power.

The local government actually has a headache for such a thing, but it doesn't have a temper, after all, this is a gifted person. rights, the rights granted to citizens by the Constitution, people want to march, people want to demonstrate, no one can say no, unless there is a disturbance, the police have a reason to intervene.

Ankara has a long history, dating back to antiquity.

Legend has it that the city was built in the 8th century BC by the Phrygian king Midas, who found an iron anchor there, which became the name of the city, and then changed to "Ankara".

In the third century BC, the Romans occupied Ankara, and the Roman Emperor Ayrault named Ankara "Metropol", which means "metropolis" or "capital".

During the Roman Empire, a large number of buildings such as churches, racecourses, public baths, and cobblestone pillars were built in Ankara, and during this period, the urban area expanded and the population increased rapidly, becoming a civilized and beautiful city.

It was an important political, military and commercial center from the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman Empire, and during the Ottoman period it was an important relay city for trade with the East.

But by the XIX century, Ankara gradually lost its importance.

Before Ankara was officially established as the capital, the city was small and had only a few tens of thousands of residents.

During the illustrious Ottoman Empire, Turkey's capital was Istanbul on the Bosphorus.

With the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the invasion of imperialist forces such as Russia, Britain and France, by the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, Turkey was in danger of being partitioned, and the capital Istanbul was often threatened by the gunboats of the European imperialist powers, and the city of Istanbul was occupied by the British army in 1920.

Kemal, who is revered as the "Father of Turkey", went to Asia Minor to organize a bourgeois revolution against foreign aggression and overthrow the feudal monarchy of Sudan at home.

Due to its moderate geographical location and convenient transportation, Ankara gradually became the center of the struggle.

Also for security reasons, Ankara was designated as the capital of the republic after the victory of the revolution.

Over the years, Ankara, once a handicraft producer and a small trader, is now a modern metropolis with luxury hotels, banks and commercial buildings.

Lin Xiao and the others sat in the car, browsing the scenery of Ankara all the way, but they felt that this place was actually not bad.

Of course, in terms of modernization, Lin Xiao feels that Ankara is still not as good as many big cities.

This is not to say that there are too few high-rise buildings, but Lin Xiao said that the education level of the people here is far inferior to that of many big cities, and without the support of a large number of civilized people, it will naturally not be able to become a real big city.

"It's the place!" At this time, Tian Tian reminded everyone.

They were in the fourth car, which was immediately behind the third car of the Prime Minister's motorcade, so the view was always good, and they could clearly see the Prime Minister's car just ahead, also for protection.

With such an arrangement, once something unexpected happens, Lin Xiao and the others can rush forward in time and bring the prime minister into their protective circle.

When Tian Tian spoke, Lin Xiao noticed that at this time, the convoy had stopped, surrounded by green trees, the air seemed very fresh, and there were no too tall buildings around, but the dome of the mosque was impressive.

Obviously, this is supposed to be a resort not far from a mosque, and it is often used by the local government to receive high-ranking foreign guests, and the environment is naturally first-class.

After Lin Xiao and the others got out of the car, they saw that the waiters in red clothes and cylindrical hats had greeted them very attentively, and there were three steps and one sentry and five steps and one post around them, which was the guard force sent by the government.

With them here, at least the usual dangerous situation wouldn't have happened.

"Comrade Lin Xiao, Prime Minister, please accompany me." At this time, a staff member ran over and whispered to Lin Xiao.

"Okay." Lin Xiao nodded, and said in his heart that the prime minister really looked up to him, at this time, he could think of him for the first time, and he didn't know if it was for security reasons or because of something else.

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