Prison No 5: Eleven Years in Turkish Jails (Human Rights & Democracy)

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Summary: The Real Turkish Prisons & Mehdi Zana
Review: Mehdi Zana, and his Nobel Peace prize nominated wife Leyla Zana have become the symbol of Kurdish struggle in Turkey. Prison Nr.5 gives the reality of Turkish prisons for sentenced peacefull political activist like Mehdi Zana. Unfortunately it also documents the price one has to pay in Turkey, for insisting of being a Kurd.
If anyone has seen the Movie "Midnight Express", and thinks he/she has a good idea about Turkish prisons in general has no clue about the reality. Prison Nr.5 will tell you the story of real Turkish prisons, and the inhuman torture methods that only the lucky ones survive.

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Summary: Torture in prison
Review: Prison No. 5 is the tip of the iceberg of the amount of torture and human right abuses that are systimatically going on in Kurdistan. Mehdi and his wife Layla Zana's sacrifices and approuches should be seen as a hope & constructive way for the kurd to achieve better and more prosperous future, not as a problem. Zana

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Summary: Mehdi Zana is the Kurdish problem
Review: Wealthy landlords like MZ are the source of the problem and the suffering of the Kurdish people.