Run Toward the Blazing Sun: Nightmare in Turkey

By Tom Walker

Incredible true story of a daring escape from Turkey during the 1971 Turkish uprising.Tom Walker a British Travel agent who with help from the Turkish tourist office in London had taken a group of 8 tourists to Turkey for scuba diving. unable to understand why anyone would go under the sea for pleasure, Turkish police brutalized Tom and his group and as leader Tom was accused of Insulting the Turkish government, making it necessary to find a way out for his companions by sea before fleeing himself into the mountains and finally escaping across the Meric river border bridge into Greece ." Run toward the blazing sun" is a true life adventure and escape story. filled with love, danger and excitement.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Jun 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483502632

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CHAPTER 1

Escape Toward The Blazing Sun

It was 4 o’clock in the afternoon Wednesday 8th September 1971. A day that will remain forever embedded in my memory until the day I die.

The red faced Turkish policeman stepped into the hot afternoon sun with sweat pouring down his face and a mean look in his eyes. I could see that he was in no mood to deal leniently with a foreigner like me speeding in a mud splattered Land Rover towards the bridge that separated Greece from Turkey. He wandered slowly into the middle of the road by the barricades expecting me to stop, but boy, was he in for a surprise! I had no passport and I wasn’t about to stop for him or anyone else until I had made it across that bridge on the river Meric.

Crouching below the right-hand steering wheel of my British Land Rover, peering out of the air vent below the windshield with my foot jammed hard down on the gas and a decoy dummy driver strapped into the passenger seat, I was ready. Ready to live or ready to die it didn’t matter which, I hated those Turks so much I just had to get away from them by any means possible. The real truth

is I wasn’t driving the Land Rover, I was aiming it like a gun and once I made it onto that bridge, I would be just a few hundred yards from freedom so god help anyone who got in the way. My only hope was that when the shooting starts they will aim for the dummy and not at me.

STOP! - STOP! The policemen yelled frantically waving his hands in the air. But it was too late- there was no stopping me now. Racing past, my tires began to squeal against the pavement as I swerved to avoid him. The last thing I wanted was a dead Turkish cop on my hands. Looking back through the rear view mirror, I saw him grab his pistol and start shooting at me! BANGBANG-BANG!

Oh shit I thought. If he shoots out my tires, I’ll be forced to keep driving on the wheel rims!

Approaching the bridge now at full speed, I could see that the gate was open just wide enough for me to get my Landrover through, but with all hell breaking loose behind me, the soldier guarding the bridge saw me coming. I distinctly remember his white helmet glinting in the sun as he stared at me from his sentry box, eyes wide open with a look of shock and disbelief on his face. He must have been thinking what the hell is this crazy guy trying to do? Turning quickly to come out and stop me, in his haste his rifle became jammed across the narrow doorway. I could see him struggling there for a brief moment before I burst through the open gate and onto the

Reviews for Run Toward the Blazing Sun

[Çiğdem Özarslan · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Midnight Express counterfeit. Looks like an ordered script to harm the country tourism.