Hate crimes against Kurds on the rise in Turkey with attacks in 2 different provinces

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A series of apparent hate crimes against Kurds took place in Turkey this week as a group of seasonal workers were attacked in Afyon province on Monday and a Kurdish family was attacked in Konya on Wednesday.

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• “Two workers, İsmail and Ali Tan, went to the barber for a haircut but were kept waiting at the door for two hours,” According to Aba, İsmail Tan was driven to a forest by the attackers and further beaten. His arm was broken, but Ali Tan managed to escape. İsmail Tan’s mother, Azize Tan said the perpetrators had filmed the beating.

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