Sunday, October 16, 2005

newsobserver.com | Durham-Freedom isn't just academic to him

"Freedom isn't just academic to him
Out of Armenian jail, Duke scholar resumes his work

Turkyilmaz wants an academic career in the U.S.

By JANE STANCILL, Staff Writer

DURHAM -- Stuck in a jail cell that steamed to more than 100 degrees in the daytime, the prisoner couldn't eat the rice, cabbage soup and boiled potatoes provided by the guards. The lights stayed on all night, making sleep difficult. The screams of other inmates punctuated long days of fear and worry."

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