Police Detains Mothers Protesting Turkish Cadets’ Anguish in Jail

In a dramatic turn of events, Turkish law enforcement brutally detained a group of mothers protesting their sons’ — cadets — anguish in prison where they serve a life sentence.

Police detains Melek Cetinkaya in Ankara.

New York-based writer. Politics, culture, literary criticism, art, and technology. American political affairs, Turkey, MidEast, and beyond. Twitter: @abyasun

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