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Monitoring human rights abuses, hate crime/hate speech against political dissent in Turkey's post-coup crackdown // facebook.com/TurkeyPurge/
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Mothers of jailed military cadets detained for the second time in two days for protesting the imprisonment of their sons. Since July 15, 2016, a total of 259 cadets aged between 19 and 23, have been given aggravated life sentences on coup charges.
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Fatma Yılmazer, a lawyer and the daughter of jailed police intelligence chief Fuat Yılmazer, is in the 870th day of her arrest. She is being held in İstanbul's Silivri prison. #FreeFatma
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📍Fatma Yılmazer, a Turkish lawyer and the daughter of jailed police intelligence chief Fuat Yılmazer, is in the 1840th day of her arrest on "terror" charges. She has been staying in İstanbul's Bakırköy prison.
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Gültekin Avcı, a columnist and a former prosecutor, is in the 1147th day of his arrest. An İstanbul prosecutor seeks a life sentence and an additional jail term of up to 75 years for Mr. Gültekin for “establishing a terrorist group.” #FreeGültekin
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📍 [THREAD] Looking back over 2018, perhaps unsurprisingly, the things that are the easiest to see are the darkest in 🇹🇷. We revisit some of the biggest, saddest and silliest stories of #Turkey's purge in 2018. Let's begin... #TurkeyPurge
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Mümtazer Türköne, one of Turkey's leading political scientists, is in the 1014th day of his arrest. He has recently been handed down a prison sentence of 10 years + six months on charges of "membership in a terrorist organization." #TurkeyPurge #FreeMümtazer
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