(Clearwisdom.net) On June 2, 2007, an "Olympic Day of Long Distance Running" was held in Mersin in the south of Turkey. Two Falun Gong practitioners paid a visit to Mr. Aziz Basdogan, Deputy Secretary General and Coordinator of the Executive Board of National Olympic Committee of Turkey, who had made a special trip to participate in the event. They told him about the cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners happening in China and the fact that the CCP has removed organs from living Falun Gong practitioners to sell.

Mr. Basdogan (right) listened intently to Falun Gong practitioners clarifying the truth.

After hearing a brief introduction by the practitioners at the site of the competition, Mr. Basdogan made an appointment with them to talk about the situation in detail at his hotel an hour later.

When they again met for the appointment, the practitioners gave him some truth clarifying material they had prepared in advance. These materials included: evidence of Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted and reports about it by international media, "The Report into Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners in China" by David Matas (an international human rights lawyer) and David Kilgour ( a former member of Parliament of the Government of Canada), and copies of protest speeches made by politicians in various countries and from different groups and organizations throughout the world to stop the 2008 Olympic Games from being held in China due to the CCP's serious human rights violations.

During their two-hour presentation, the practitioners gave a very detailed explanation of every piece of truth clarifying material. They then expressed their sincere hope that the Executive Board of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey would pay attention to the cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners occurring right now in China and help stop the inhuman atrocities as soon as possible.

After carefully listening to what the practitioners had to say, Mr. Basdogan said that he was shocked at the atrocities happening in China and felt very sad about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. He promised to very carefully check and approve all the materials the practitioners had submitted and look for a way to help end this tragedy. He would spare no effort to see what could be done to help stop the persecution as soon as possible. He stressed that anyone who has a conscience cannot remain indifferent in such a situation.