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Turks Jailed For Killing Boy Whose Drowning Sparked 2015 Migrant Crisisby Jack MontgomeryBreitbart Mar. 17, 2020 |
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  Three Turkish men have been sentenced for the killing of Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler whose drowning was the catalyst for the 2015-16 migrant crisis.Bodrum High Criminal Court, Mugla, sentenced Cebrail E., Ecevit Bulent G, and Ali Can S. to 125 years each for the crime of "killing with eventual intent", according to a CNN, citing local state-run media. They are said to have been part a human trafficking ring, and to have been sentenced only after the security forces hunted them down to Turkey's southern province of Adana after an attempt to flee from their trial. [...] While traffickers have now been convicted of Aylan's killing, his father, Abdullah Kurdi — who had been living in Turkey in safety and receiving financial assistance from Canada-based relations for three years before he made the fateful decision to attempt a sea crossing to Europe — initially said Western governments were responsible, having refused to accept them as asylum seekers. Read More |
