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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, 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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  1. ^ "DHKC". 2005-01-24. Archived from the original on 24 January 2005. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
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