ISTANBUL - Two men took a person hostage at a Burger King restaurant in Istanbul's Taksim Square on Saturday.
The men wearing red-and-white T-shirts with Turkey written on them took a person hostage at the restaurant by using blank-firing guns.
After negotiation with police, they released him.
Istanbul Chief of Police Celalettin Cerrah said that both men were soldiers who were absent without leave. He said that they carried out the action to protest recent clashes between Turkish security forces and supporters of the terrorist organizations PKK.
The two were arrested and sent to prison.