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Article: SOME HUNGER STRIKERS NEAR DEATH IN TURKEY GRIM PROGNOSIS COMES A DAY AFTER ACCEPTANCE OF CONCESSIONS IN PROTEST OF PRISONERS' TREATMENT.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- July 29, 1996
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Byline: Zeynep Alemdar Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey -- A day after accepting government concessions to end their 69-day hunger strike, some inmates in critical condition Sunday were not expected to live.
Shortly after justice officials announced they had reached a deal to end the fasting Saturday night, another prisoner died, bringing the death toll to 12. Seven of the 170 inmates who were hospitalized early Sunday were in intensive care, the health ministry said.
``It is much too late to save them,'' said lawyer Behic Asci, who represented some of the protesting inmates.
About 2,000 leftist inmates launched the hunger strike in May ...