Ahmet Burhan Ataç, an 8 year-old kid whose parents have been prosecuted over alleged Gulen links, died of cancer early on Thursday, according to Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a member of parliament and rights activist.
“Ahmet left us. He left his mother, his brother and his father, who he could not get enough of. We did everything we could to bring his [imprisoned] father to him. But the prosecutor said he coould only release [the father] in the morning. The father missed his son,” Gergerlioğlu tweeted.
Canım Ahmet bizden ayrıldı, annesinden, kardeşinden ve doyamadığı babasından ayrıldı
Gece babası son anına yetişsin diye çok uğraştık, 3 kez kalbi duran Ahmet için Savcı, ısrarla babayı ancak sabaha göndereceğini söyledi
Yetişemedi baba…
Kavuşturmamakta inat etmişlerdi hep— Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu (@gergerliogluof) May 7, 2020
Who is Ahmet Burhan Ataç? How did he come to public attention? Why did he die?
Ahmet was an eight year old cancer patient. He was suffering from osteoid cancer for more than a year, which eventually spread to his lungs.
The woman has been calling for the release of her husband at least during the appeals process so that her son can be with his father during the treatment.
Harun Ataç has been in pretrial detention since March 2018 due to alleged membership in the Gülen movement, which is accused of orchestrating a 2016 coup attempt despite its strong denial of any involvement.
Zekiye Ataç had struggled for a month to get a passport to accompany her son for cancer treatment in Germany as she had been subject to a travel ban due to a coup-related investigation.
On March 3 she was finally allowed to travel to Germany with her son, following a social media campaign supported by right activists and celebrities in Turkey.
However, the cancer had spread throughout the 8-year-old’s body, his mother said, resulting in their recent return to home country.
Turkey has been conducting a relentless crackdown targeting Gülen movement followers, stripping them of fundamental rights, after declaring the movement a “terrorist” organization.
from Turkey Purge https://turkeypurge.com/8-year-old-purge-victim-kid-dies-of-cancer-report
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