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Mass hunger strike in Turkish prisons | Redux

Mass hunger strike in Turkish prisons

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A picture taken on November 2, 2012 shows the prison outside Ankara, where 35 Kurdish inmates are on hunger strike. Government: There are at least 682 hunger strikers in at least 67 prisons across Turkey Opposition says some prisoners are in critical condition, but government disputes that Strikers call for use of alternate language in courts and schools, seek freedom for activist Turkey's prime minister has shown little sympathy for the hunger strikers Istanbul (CNN) -- Turkey's government announced Friday that at least 682 inmates were participating in a hunger strike in at least 67 prisons across the country, but it insisted that no protesters were in critical condition. The statement by Turkey's Justice Ministry directly contradicted reports issued by members of two opposition parties.

People:

Tayyip Erdogan

Overall Sentiment: -0.194429

Relevance: 0.419727

SentimentQuote
-0.0333892"There is no hunger strike or anything. It's a show," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said ...
-0.160951"The political party or terrorist group members who told them to die are eating lamb kebabs among themselves," he said.
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.1943402
  • Mean: -0.0971701
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689
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Abdullah Ocalan

Overall Sentiment: -0.074326

Relevance: 0.343285

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Dr. Aytug Atici

Overall Sentiment: 0.012017

Relevance: 0.275461

SentimentQuote
-0.0306735"None of the people who have been on strike for 50 days, at the time when we spoke to them (Wednesday), could stand," Atici said ...
-0.0703398"None of the people who have been on strike for 50 days, at the time when we spoke to them (Wednesday), could stand," Atici said in a phone interview with CNN. "They have begun to bleed anally and nasally. They are in critical condition."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.1010133
  • Mean: -0.05050665
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Mehmet Ali Birand

Overall Sentiment: -0.380345

Relevance: 0.261666

SentimentQuote
-0.308051"When we think about hunger strikes, we always think about people getting killed," said Mehmet Ali Birand, ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.308051
  • Mean: -0.308051
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

harkens

Overall Sentiment: -0.496669

Relevance: 0.218904

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Additional Info:

Country: Turkey

Overall Sentiment: -0.158222

Relevance: 0.938499

Disambiguation: Location | Brand | GovernmentalJurisdiction | ProjectParticipantReferences:

City: Istanbul

Overall Sentiment: -0.258286

Relevance: 0.385068

Organization: PKK

Overall Sentiment: -0.474358

Relevance: 0.591524

Organization: Justice Ministry

Overall Sentiment: -0.337544

Relevance: 0.330642

Company: CNN

Overall Sentiment: -0.0811312

Relevance: 0.353882

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