Mehmet Sahin, a doctoral student at
Amsterdam University has had to go into hiding with his family due to death
threats, upon the recommendation of the Mayor of Arnhem, Pauline Krikke. He is
a volunteer who tries to re-educate street youths in Arnhem. A few weeks ago, Sahin
interviewed some Dutch-Turkish youngsters on a TV station in which they said
that they admired Hitler and the Holocaust. Apparently, people in the
neighborhood where Sahin lives are collecting signatures to make him leave the
area. The municipality has announced that the prosecution is investigating the
matter. Labor Party parliamentarian Ahmed Marcouch announced that he will ask
parliamentary questions about the threats saying, “It is horrible that someone
has to be afraid because he has done something that we all should do –
teach children not to hate.” He expressed the hope that the Turkish community
would distance itself from this criminal behavior, which death threats are.
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