The Two Faces of Turkey

Seyma Yildirim will serve four years in prison for her advocacy of Palestine in Turkey. In early December, she participated in a boycott of an event on the public television channel TRT to denounce Turkey's decision to allow crude oil to be exported to Israel from its ports, despite Ankara's announcement that it had cut off trade relations with Tel Aviv. Along with the Thousand Youth for Palestine group, Yildirim interrupted a speech by Turkish …