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Turkey to Release 38,000 Prisoners to Make Room for Coup Plotters
Turkey plans to grant some 38,000 convicts early parole to free up space in its overcrowded prisons for tens of thousands of people accused of plotting a failed coup. The decree, issued Wednesday, provides for the conditional release of some prisoners who have two years or less of their term left to serve, according to Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag. It will relieve Turkey’s bursting prison system, which parliamentarians and...
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