Sure, the Turkish Red Crescent sent several cargo planes of aid, and a "special representative" was sent to visit the country and meet with Turkish businessmen there, but he has already left the country. The Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman today reported on Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu's discussions with deputies in the Turkish Parliament on Wednesday concerning Turkey's posture with respect to the violence in Kyrgyzstan:
"Noting that they fastidiously work to remain neutral in regional conflicts, the foreign minister said said they attach importance to a solution to such conflicts in Central Asia."
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-213445-turkey-spearheads-international-aid-to-strife-torn-kyrgyzstan.html
"Fastidiously neutral in regional conflicts"? Yeah, right, as we are now witnessing in Gaza.
So why is Turkey so indifferent to the loss of life (but not the loss of Turkish business) in Kyrgyzstan? Again the answer lies in the op-ed entitled "Why is Palestine ‘a second Cyprus’ for Turks?", written by Burak Bekdil for the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet (http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=why-is-palestine-8216a-second-cyprus8217-for-turks-2010-06-03), which states in relevant part:
"Subconsciously (and sadly) the Muslim-Turkish thinking tolerates it if Muslims kill Muslims; does not tolerate it but does not turn the world upside down when Christians kill Muslims; pragmatically ignores it when too-powerful Christians kill Muslims; but is programmed to turn the world upside down when Jews kill Muslims."
In a nutshell, when Sunni Kyrgyz kill Sunni Uzbeks in Turkey's Central Asian backyard, Ankara does not care. Nor does the rest of the world.
