’This is how the horror spreads’
Turkey’s movement for justice is facing off against its authoritarian president. Turkish activists are wondering: Why isn’t Canada helping?
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Adnan R. Khan
Adnan R. Khan has been on the ground for Maclean’s in some of the world’s most unfriendly places, from Pakistan to Iraq, writing about conflict, politics, society, and the occasional vacationing tips in Afghanistan. He claims to be based in a small cabin somewhere on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast though no one can definitively prove it.
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