A Kurdish private security guard named Ibrahim Layık, working at one of Turkey’s main airports, committed suicide on Monday evening, because he was being discriminated against.
Ibrahim committed suicide by jumping off the departures floor of the new International Airport in Istanbul, landing on the arrivals level. He suffered severe injuries from his fall and airport medical teams were unable to save him.
Before committing suicide, the Ibrahim shared a post on Instagram, stating that he was being discriminated against for being a Kurd in Turkey.
“We have always been excluded for being Kurdish, perhaps with this act of mine, things will change. Happy is the person who calls themselves a Kurd and a Turk,” he said in the post.
