Glimmer of Hope After Stunning Verdict in Turkish Trial
2013-08-06 17:00
“Yesterday was terrible,” says Güniz Gürüz, a chemical engineer at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. Her husband, Kemal Gürüz, was one of a half dozen academics swept up in a political trial that has dragged on for 5 years. All of them were sentenced to between 10 and 23 years in prison on 5 August for committing treason and supporting terrorism—trumped up charges according to human rights organizations. Thousands of protestors were dispersed by tear gas after the verdicts were announced.
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