Turkish Court Upholds Sentence for Cancer-Stricken Teacher

Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a six-year, three-month prison sentence for Arif Büyükgursak, a dismissed primary school teacher suffering from end-stage cancer and a 65 percent permanent disability, who was purged after a coup attempt.

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Turkish court upholds prison sentence for cancer-stricken teacher dismissed in post-coup purge

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a six-year, three-month sentence for a dismissed primary school teacher who has end-stage cancer and a 65 percent permanent disability rating, the TR724 news website reported. Arif Büyükgursak, who was removed from his teaching job without trial under sweeping government emergency decrees in the aftermath of a 2016 […] The post Turkish court upholds prison sentence for cancer-stricken teacher dismissed in post-coup purge appeared first on Stockholm...

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