May 26, 2012
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Unemployment protestor becomes garbage man
The jobless man who made headlines in 2001 for throwing a cash register at the prime minister is now gainfully employed.
5 September 2009 / EMRAH KARAKÜTÜK , ANKARA
Ahmet Çakmak, who protested the 2001 economic crisis by throwing a cash register at then Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit, is employed as a garbage man working for the Etimesgut Municipality in Ankara.
He said that he earns an honest living from his new job. He also stated that he has suffered huge financial losses since the 2001 financial crisis and was unable to succeed in the businesses he tried to open.
“I am very happy with my current job. My only concern is to bring food home to my children. I need a regular income, and I owe this job to our mayor. I need to be thrifty with what I earn,” he said, even though he receives varying reactions from acquaintances who hear about his new job.
“I don't care what people think or say, if they approve or disapprove. I am an older man now, and my only concern is earning my bread,” he added. Çakmak said he would never repeat what he did eight years ago, concerning the tossing of a cash register at the prime minister.
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