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| Subject: Rights violation: 'Hero' T-shirt prompts wave of arrests in Turkey Sun Jul 23, 2017 1:30 am | |
| Turkish police have over the last week detained at least 15 people for wearing a T-shirt with a slogan the authorities argue is a veiled message backing the alleged mastermind of last year's failed coup.
Police across the country have been detaining people wearing T-shirts with the word "Hero" in English in white capital letters against a black background, with the slogan underneath "Heroes are Immortal".
The authorities say the slogan is a veiled message of support for Fethullah Gulen, the US-based Islamic preacher blamed by the Turkish authorities for the July 15 failed coup aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The controversy erupted on July 13 when a suspect tried over an alleged plot to assassinate Erdogan on the coup night was photographed going into court wearing the white "Hero" T-shirt.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/36466250/hero-t-shirt-prompts-wave-of-arrests-in-turkey/#page1 |
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