Friendship across Time and Borders

Two hundred fifteen Japanese people were at Tehran Airport. They wanted to leave Iran right away. As time went on, they began to panic. Suddenly two planes appeared to help the Japanese people. They were from Turkey. All Japanese people went on board and quickly left the airport for Japan. It was just before the deadline. Why did the Turkish planes come? Why did they save the Japanese people?

1985年、イラン・イラク戦争時にトルコ航空機が日本人を救出するために戦火の中フライトの話が中二の教科書に載っております、素晴らしい

駐日トルコ大使はその理由を短いコメント
「エルトゥールル号の借りを返しただけです」