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73-year-old imprisoned journalist says ‘want to spend final years with family members’

73-year-old imprisoned journalist says ‘want to spend final years with family members’

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Şahin Alpay, a jailed veteran journalist and columnist for the now-closed Zaman and Today’s Zaman dailies, has said in a letter sent from Silivri Prison that “my health was not good when I entered Silivri, and it has gotten worse after 15 months.” Alpay, who has been...

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