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Falun Gong Practitioners Spread the Fa and Rectify the Fa in Turkey (Part II) A Western Practitioner from Germany September 4, 2001
After August 27th, we practitioners who are presently in Turkey continued our
work to help to spread the Fa. For instance, we met regularly in a park to do
group exercises. Because of the exercises, more and more locals became aware of
Falun Dafa. They began to do the exercises with us. After the third or fourth
day police patrols came by. They were new officers who had not yet seen the
exercises. They became agitated and called for reinforcements. At that time I
was sitting next to a Turkish citizen who had already learned the exercises and
understood the spirit of Dafa. When the police officers spoke to me, this
Turkish man intervened on my behalf, came to my aid and asked the police what
could be so terribly wrong about the exercises, saying, ' Those who do them are
good people; the exercises are good for people and give them great benefits, and
only help them.' I saw how this citizen intervened for Dafa, how he stood up to
the police, and how he defended Dafa with his good heart. At that very moment I
knew that the Turkish people are at the threshold of accepting Dafa, and that
there are Turkish citizens who will keep to Dafa, even without the aid of
practitioners from abroad. In the end, the police chief looked me over carefully
once more and told me not to display huge placards and posters, but doing the
exercises in the park would not be a problem. We exchanged glances and I
recognized a good-hearted and contrite policeman.
During the next few days we managed to establish a core exercise group. That was
one reason why we put together several copies of the English translation of
Falun Gong. We also created over 100 copies of the exercise
Video-CD, so as to make it easier for people who are interested in Falun Gong to learn
and repeat the exercises. We were delighted that we could hand out these materials
to the new practitioners. A Turkish practitioner found a translator to soon help
with the translation of Falun Gong and Zhuan Falun.
Saturday we met for group exercises. We could definitely tell that we had a
solid group of people. Some of those suggested on their own to meet at 6:30 AM
every morning for group exercises. Another practitioner suggested likewise that
we ought to do the exercises at a different location every weekend, because many
people come by at these places to jog; that way more people would see us. Once
again the Turkish people have taken the initiative to do more for Dafa. The
spirit of Dafa is taking root in Turkey. Many Turks have awaited Dafa.
Monday we had access to the Turkish parliament where we had a chance to meet
with the Turkish parliamentary director of human rights affairs. We clarified
the true facts for him regarding the human rights abuses under Jiang Zemin's
regime, told him of the brutalities during the persecution and about the unlawful
measures taken by Jiang Zemin's government. He listened to us with an open
heart. He realized immediately that the persecution and torture are unlawful and
seemed to also have recognized that the persecuted practitioners who were
present with us displayed their true and upright hearts. He promised to look
into the matter and make it a point to raise the issue in parliament soon.
We can truly say that he understood the Fa. He even invited us to teach him and
his family the exercises in the near future. For that, we left him comprehensive
materials for learning the exercises.
It is because of these [successes] that we don't want to rest quite yet, but will
continue our work for Fa-rectification.
Posting date: 9/15/2001 |