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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 16 August 2021)
Benched. "Put me in, coach!"
Ahmet Önder (55) deserted while doing his military service 35 years ago
in Balıkesir. Seven years later he was stripped of his Turkish citizenship.
Since then Önder has been living with a "stateless" document given to
him by the Turkish immigration service. Now he wants to get his Turkish
ID card and is willing to go back in the army, too. (!)
Önder was born in Siirt in 1966 and then moved with his family to
Diyarbakır. In 1986 he went to Balıkesir for his military service. However,
six days later Önder deserted and went back to Diyarbakır, where he has
worked as a day laborer to support his family of four children.
Önder was stripped of his Turkish citizenship in 1994 by an Interior Ministry
decision citing his failure to do his military service. His subsequent attempts
to get his citizenship back failed and he was given the "stateless" document
by the immigration service on 29 March 2017.
Önder explained that "They stripped me of my citizenship seven years after
I deserted. I want to get my identity back. My four kids have ID cards but
I don't. I'm ready to go in the army if necessary. In those days I was young
and stupid but now I'm ready to do my patriotic duty. When I go to a
hospital they won't take care of me. I've been given a refugee ID and the
hospitals don't accept that. Put me in the army but give me an ID card!"
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