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"Who said freedom of expression exists in Turkey?"

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Sociologist Ali Gurdili Credit: Supplied

Ali Gurdili is a Kurdish sociologist and writer, who spent his entire life in Turkey. But after all those years in Turkey, he had no other choice but to leave his wife and children behind and seek asylum in Germany. The reason, because the Turkish authorities keep on threatening him about of his Kurdish writings and his stance towards the Kurds.



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