Hunger Strike Shines Light on Turkey Crackdown
August 25, 2017 2:15 PM
Dorian Jones
ISTANBUL —
Nearly 1,000 people were forced out of their jobs Friday in Turkey, joining more than 150,000 people who have been fired as part of an ongoing government crackdown following a failed coup last year. The opposition is increasingly rallying around two purged educators who have been on a hunger strike for more than five months.
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