Student receives sentence in Armenia
(08/26/05 4:00am)
After being arrested June 17, Yektan Turkyilmaz—a fourth-year graduate student in the Department of Cultural Anthropology—was released from Armenian custody Aug. 15.
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After being arrested June 17, Yektan Turkyilmaz—a fourth-year graduate student in the Department of Cultural Anthropology—was released from Armenian custody Aug. 15.
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