'I was afraid of war '

rotterdam - Rotterdam entrepreneurs, who have become the victims of the Turijkerellen tonight, the bill will resign at the Turkish consulate. 'This did not have to happen if they had just kept to the agreements,' said Gianni Michailidis, owner of Greek restaurant Olympia.

The restaurateur, who sits directly across from the consulate, was last night like vacate all retailers in the affected area at the request of the police case within ten minutes. 'At that time there were about 120 people inside. Itself we stayed until five o'clock in the morning to protect our stuff. The police could not. And I understand that, although it is of course very sad. '

The Greek entrepreneur expects the damage will run towards the 10 000. 'People are scared, because I already had a number of cancellations for tonight. 'His father is now wiping the patio tables. The furniture- or rather what happens after the stone-throwing left of it- is under the water, coming from a water cannon which had tonight deploy the police. 'I did not dare to come here. I was scared. Afraid of a war, 'he confesses. 'The images I saw were a lot of road. Fortunately, my sons have done well. '

The Turkish restaurant Nazar licking the wounds of the riots. The case was last night scheduled a performance by a Turkish band, where visitors from all over the country had come on down. 'It took me a few thousand euros,' said Hasan Tanyeri. 'I understand that the crowd wanted to make out a point, but it's so out of hand went unheard. '

According to retailers who last night had to protect their belongings, the police did not expect it would still run out of control. 'For an hour they told us it cleared up and wished us a good night to,' says an entrepreneur who wants to remain anonymous out of fear. 'But when a group of about ten PKK figures the street came in and there are young boys appeared with fur collars, it was still wrong. A figure kicked wanted to go to the back of a riot van that road. Then it all went wrong. '

Until then had Turkish-order enforcers, whose curb know the majority of age, the crowd. Overheated Turks, who then for hours waving flags and 'Allahu Akbar' chanting stood for the consulship, remained at a distance from the ME released into contention. 'Rioters have still a plague messed up. No, this will be for a long time felt. '