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88. Zeynep Taşkın

Name

Zeynep Taşkın, 17 years old

Place

Cizre, Southeastern Turkey

Date

07.09.2015

Description

Carried her baby in her arms when she was murdered by Turkish security forces in front of the house of relatives in Cizre in southeastern Turkey during the curfew on September 7, 2015. Her baby was injured.

After your death became known, knowledge and cultural workers wrote an open letter to Chancellor Merkel to demand justice and an end to the violence of the Turkish security forces. https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/kuenstler-wissenschaftler-medienschaffende-lesen-sie-hier-den-offenen-brief/12864174-2.html

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