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Turkey Considers Allowing Conscientious Objection to Military Service | Middle East | English

Turkey Considers Allowing Conscientious Objection to Military Service

Dorian Jones | Istanbul

Conscientious objectors to Turkey's national army service face years in jail, often brutalized by fellow inmates for being traitors. But the government, under pressure from the European court of human rights, has indicated that it may allow conscientious objection. The issue has provoked a storm of controversy.

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