Meryem Altun
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Meryem Altun (1976 – April 1, 2002) was a Turkish prisoner who died on hunger strike. She attended Umraniye high school and was a critic of the Turkish prison system. She was declared a martyr by the Revolutionary People's Liberation Front. Altun was in Umraniye prison at the time of a December 19, 2000 massacre of prisoners by prison guards.[1]
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[edit | edit source]- Article on Meryem Altun
- Statement on her death from the DHKC
