Racism-Turanism trials
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The Racism-Turanism trials were a series of legal prosecutions of defendants accused of spreading racist and pan-Turkist ideologies and attempting a coup on the Turkish government. The trials lasted b
Defendants at the Racism-Turanism trial
Sabahattin Ali
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Sabahattin Ali was a Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist.
Racism-Turanism trials
…between May 1944 and March 1947, and were triggered by nationalist demonstrations on 3 May 1944 in support of Nihal Atsız who was on trial against Sabahattin Ali for defamation. On the 3 May 1944 a rally by racists and Turanists in support of Nihal Atsız with thousands of participants took place. The protestors…
Sabahattin Ali
Sabahattin Ali and his wife, Aliye Ali.
Sabahattin Ali's prison cell at Sinop Fortress Prison.
Bust of Sabahattin Ali in his birthplace at Ardino, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria.