Burcu Türkay

Burcu Türkay is a senior communications specialist and a human rights activist. She is the former Campaigns and Activism Coordinator for Amnesty International Turkey.

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Profits over people = murder in the mines

15 May 2014

Labour

Profits over people = murder in the mines

Kivanç Eliaçık: Over 1,300 miners have been killed at work in Turkey since 2000Read the full article

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