Rabia Naz Vatan was found dead last April in Eynesil, a small town of 14,000 people in the Black Sea region. The police said the 11-year old committed suicide. Her father, Şaban Naz, did his best to uncover a conspiracy of murder, all the authorities of the small town seem to be part of. Mr. Naz was detained yesterday.
A Twitter user is explaining the whole affair in English here:
Please help efforts to shed light on the suspicious death of on 11-year old in Turkey. The story may seem ordinary, but it exposes how difficult it has become to seek justice in Turkey with a government-controlled media and judiciary. #WhatHappenedToRabiaNaz
— Hale Yerengil (@hale_akay) March 22, 2019
The news is now in English here
Thanks to Metin Cihan’s Twitter campaign, we are learning about this terrible and ongoing tragedy. The whole thread in Turkish can be found here.
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