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Image of an Era: Four exiles in London

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Barbaros Şansal shared this photo recently on Twitter. 4 Turkish exiles of high caliber met in London. A fashion designer and activist, an actor and two journalists. 
‏@barbarosansalfn: “The Team in London 👍🇬🇧 @memetalialabora @Besser_Deniz @candundaradasi #Gezi”
Let’s how this goes:

BBC News – Mark Lowen – Mar 20, 4:26 AM

It begins with dramatic music, edited in for effect. Then stills of the manifesto posted by the gunman in New Zealand before his terror attack, highlighting and translating the sections targeting Turkey. The video streamed live by the attacker

Turkey orders to release Deniz Yücel and sentences some other journalists to life in jail…

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After such allegations and a year without indictment, Mr. Yücel is released. I have used “order” and “sentence” referring to NYT piece below. Of course, Turkish judiciary is independent and there cannot be an order from above… Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel released from jail: Report   German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel, who was detained in Turkey a … Read more