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Distro - --Turkey: Hunger strikes.2001 

Paolo Pellegrin 

THE LONGEST HUNGER STRIKE IN MODERN HISTORY
The Turkish hunger strike is the longest and now the deadliest hunger strike against a government in modern history.
The striker's main demands are abandonment by the government of the new Turkish prisons, in which the inmates are kept in one to three man cells. The strikers feel these modern prisons are just another way for the government to isolate and torture the prisoners. In addition to abandoning the new prison plans, the strikers want an international monitoring committee to be sure the government is complying. There are three different houses... 

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TURKEY: ISTANBUL. Hunger strike. 2001 

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TURKEY: ISTANBUL. Hunger strike. 2001 

Paolo Pellegrin 2001

Osman OSMANOGLU at "Henna Night" commemorating the 1996 hunger... 

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TURKEY: ISTANBUL. Hunger strike. 2001 

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Hunger striker YILDIZ with her mother. Later she was kidnapped... 

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Resit SARI, one of the ideologues of the hunger strikes. 

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Inside one of the houses where the strikers are gathered. Inscription... 

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Family and friends visiting Umus SAHINGOZ , who later died after... 

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Umus SAHINGOZ, who later died after hungerstriking for more than... 

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Friends helping Umus SAHINGOZ, who later died after hungerstriking... 

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Family visiting Umus SAHINGOZ , who later died after hungerstriking... 

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Umus SAHINGOZ , who later died after hungerstriking for more... 

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Fatma SENER's parents on the 254th day of their daughters hunger... 

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Fatma SENER after more than 250 days of hunger strike. Fatma... 

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Fatma SENER after more than 250 days of hunger strike. Fatma... 

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TURKEY: ISTANBUL. Hunger strike. 2001 

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TURKEY: ISTANBUL. Hunger strike. 2001 

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Inside one of the houses where the hunger strikers are gathered.... 

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One of the houses where female hungers strikers were gathered.... 

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Strikers during "Henna Night", commemorating the 1996 hunger... 

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The families of the strikers waiting in front of the President's... 

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A newly arrived striker in one of the houses where female hunger... 

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One of the houses where female hungers strikers were gathered.... 

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Strikers and their families during "Henna Night", commemorating... 

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TURKEY: ISTANBUL. Hunger strike. 2001 

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TURKEY: ISTANBUL. Hunger strike. 2001 

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TURKEY: ISTANBUL. Hunger strike. 2001 

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Funeral of female striker Sevgi ERDOGAN, the 29th striker to... 

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TURKEY: ISTANBUL. Hunger strike. 2001 

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Special F type prison. Hunger strikers are fighting to shut down... 

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Town of Edirne. Special F type prison. Hunger strikers are fighting... 

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Umus SAHINGOZ, who later died after hungerstriking for more than... 
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