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Cizre, Leyla İmret, & Turkish Democracy

Posted on 12/09/2015 by Ed Sykes

The HDP co-mayor of the Cizre district of Turkey’s Şırnak Province, 28-year-old Leyla İmret, was brought into the world of politics very abruptly at an early age, with her father being killed “before her eyes” by Turkish “security forces” when … Continue reading →

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