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Gülen Movement-Linked Turkish Woman Dies in Greece as She Waits to Join Husband in Germany Date: 04/29/2018 Esma Uludağ, a 35-year-old, mother of three children Turkish woman who fled to Greece from the persecution of the Islamist Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, died on Saturday night from a stroke. Her husband, Mehmet Ali Uludağ (38), had to leave Turkey as well due to a number of investigations launched into him and detention warrants issued for him over his alleged ties to the movement. He first fled to Greece and then sought refugee in Germany.  In this video Mrs. Uludag and three of her children had to walk about 6 hours as they crossed Turkish border through Evros River and wished the God help those who will use the same route to flee Turkey! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kZPNLqt_YU Left: Mrs. Uludag with her children. Right: After death of Mrs. Uludag in Greece, her husband came from Germany, where he lives as a refuge

FLYERS

1- Persecution of Women in Post-coup Turkey http://silencedturkey.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/AST_presentation_Persecution-of-women-in-Turkey.pdf   2- Persecution of Women in Turkey http://silencedturkey.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/AST_Flyer15_Persecution-of-Women-in-Turkey.png   3- Women's Rights in Crisis http://silencedturkey.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/AST_Newsletter2_Womens-Rights-Newsletter.pdf   4- Prison Conditions for Women and Children in Turkey http://silencedturkey.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/AST_Flyer2_Prison-conditions-for-children-and-women.pdf   5- Human Rights Violations Against Children and Women  http://silencedturkey.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/AST_Flyer3_Human-rights-violations-against-children-and-women.pdf   #Turkey #womenrights #15July2016 #coupattempt #hizmetmovement #womeninturkey #un #arrestedwomen #advocatesofsilencedturkey #ast 

CONTACTS

1. UN WOMEN - Phumzile Mlambo , Executive Director of UN Women Twitter: @phumzileunwomen Mailing Address: CSW Communications Procedure Human Rights Section UN Women 220 East 42nd Street, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10017 USA E-mail: cp-csw@unwomen.org Phone: +1 646 781-4400 | Fax: +1 646 781-4444 | Official Website: www.unwomen.org - Europe and Central Asia Regional Office Mailing Address: Abide-i Hürriyet Cad. İstiklal Sok., No:11 KEY Plaza Kat:8, 34381 Şişli, İstanbul, TURKEY E-mail: eca.operations@unwomen.org | Website: eca.unwomen.org 2. UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (UN HRC) Twitter: @UN_HRC | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNHRC Civil Society Section Phone Number: +41 22 917 9656 | E-mail: civilsociety@ohchr.org 3. COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE, U.S. HELSINKI COMMISSION Mailing Address: 234 Ford House Office Building, 3rd and D Streets SW, Washington, DC 20515 Phone: 202-225-1901 |

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1. Case of Nesibe Ozer Nesibe Özer, Head of the 2nd Chamber of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) was detained during the rst days after the attempted coup for alleged links to the Hizmet movement. According to her lawyer on September 9 she was placed in solitary con nement in the Bakırköy Prison in Istanbul. Özer began a hunger strike on September 27 to protest the solitary con nement and the lack of a response to her petition.  2. Case of A.B. On October 14, 2016, the prisoner A.B., a kidney patient, was se- verely beaten and dragged into her cell by prison guards while she was having a phone conversation with her mother. She was subsequently sent to the in rmary where she was referred to a general hospital. According to the daily newspaper that rst revealed the case, A.B. was still being held in Silivri prison by the end of October 2016, despite her continuous bleeding.  3. Case of Beatriz