Daughter of jailed Turkish teacher dies, an example of fallout from post-coup purges - Turkish Minute

SEVİNÇ ÖZARSLAN | TR724 EXCLUSIVE The father of Sümeyra Gelir, 15, who has saddened people from all walks of life with her death, said that after her daughter's mother was arrested, she had been treated for a year and went to a psychologist every week. “THE NIGHTS WERE ALWAYS CRYING”, Elmer said that she took her children to her mother-in-law's house in Adapazari to spend the holidays because she was working. “So that they would stay in Bolu and…

Daughter of jailed Turkish teacher dies, an example of fallout from post-coup purges - Turkish Minute

A 15-year-old girl whose mother is serving a prison sentence on conviction of alleged ties to the Gülen movement was found dead in her bed last Thursday in the northwestern Turkish city of Sakarya, in an apparent epilepsy-related death, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported. Sümeyra Gelir had been caring for her two younger siblings since her mother, former physics teacher Melek Gelir, was jailed on alleged links to the faith-based Gülen mov…

Teenage daughter of imprisoned Turkish teacher dies, illustrating ongoing fallout from post-coup purges - Stockholm Center for Freedom

A 15-year-old girl whose mother is serving a prison sentence on conviction of alleged ties to the Gülen movement was found dead in her bed last Thursday in the northwestern Turkish city of Sakarya, in an apparent epilepsy-related death, Turkish media reported. Sümeyra Gelir had been caring for her two younger siblings since her mother, former physics teacher Melek Gelir, was jailed on alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, inspired by …