in response to a visit paid to turkey by comatsu in 1887 and the delegation onboard the ship. they were met by the then-emperor in a glorious ceremony. they had a very successful visit. they stayed three months in tokyo. but on their way back to turkey, to istanbul, they were overcome by a storm off the coast of oshima and the ship sank. and 550 turkish, more than 550 turkish sailor ssailors, lost t lives. only 69 people survived. as a result of heroic efforts of the people. so actually this is what i define as a breach of -- between turkey and japan and makes us neighbors by heart. >> we also asked the ambassador about the current state of affairs in turkey, after a series of violent anti-government demonstrations earlier this year. >> well, actually the demonstrations in turkey is started by youngsters in turkey. and it was sort of an innocent demonstration opposing a redevelopment of a park in istanb istanbul. but in a very short period of time, those innocent tell stations were hijacked by radical elements and extremists and some illegal groups. the illegal groups attacked