A Turkish man who has been held in prison for over 3 years for alleged links to Gulen group, was released from prison for five hours early on Friday to see his 8-year old son, Ahmet, who has been suffering from osteoid cancer for more than a year.
Natali Avazyan, a Turkish human rights activist, said in a tweet on Friday that the father was released after she made a request from a “pro-government friend.”
The kid’s parents face prosecution in Turkey for having worked at a dormitory that had links to the Gülen group, accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup in July 2016. The group denies any involvement.
Ahmet went to Germany on January 26 for a cancer treatment without his parents as his father was in prison and his mother was subject to a travel ban.
He, however, returned to Turkey a month later as he reportedly failed to respond to chemotherapy
Müjdemi isterim..
Sabah AKP 'li bir dostumdan rica etmiştim..
Ahmetin ,Babasıyla buluşmasını sağladıAhmet Babadıyla. pic.twitter.com/jtBgBFR9Ut
— Arlet Natali AVAZYAN (@NataliAVAZYAN) March 27, 2020
