Dismissed Turkish civil servant dies by suicide after imprisonment, sons’ life sentences

A 67-year-old man died by suicide in Ankara late Monday after years of fallout from a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016, including dismissal from public service, 20 months in jail and life sentences imposed on his two sons in coup-related cases. Hasan Balcı, a former employee of the Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language […] The post Dismissed Turkish civil servant dies by suicide after imprisonment, sons’ life sentences appeared first on Stockholm Center for Freedom.

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