Kurdish seasonal workers attacked by farmer, villagers in northwest Turkey

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Sixteen Kurdish seasonal farm laborers were attacked on September 4 by a farm owner and a group of villagers in Turkey’s northwestern province of Sakarya in an incident that appears to have been caused by anti-Kurdish sentiment, Turkish media reported.

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• The laborers came from the southeastern city of Mardin during the summer holidays to work in the hazelnut orchards. They were picking hazelnuts when the owner of the farm verbally and physically assaulted them. Images of the attack were widely circulated on social media.

Sources

• ANF | Racist attack on Kurdish workers in Turkish province https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/racist-attack-on-kurdish-workers-in-turkish-province-46400