Human Rights And Politics

How a Lone Human Rights Champion Scares the Government in Turkey

A Turkish court’s approval of a prison sentence against a lawmaker reveals the depth of anxiety in the government regarding human rights activism.

Abdullah Ayasun

5 min readFeb 20, 2021

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Turkish police tries to stop lawmaker Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu in Ankara in this archive photo.

Abdullah Ayasun

Written by Abdullah Ayasun

Boston-based journalist and writer. Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. On art, culture, politics and everything in between. X: @abyasun

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