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Riad al-Turk

Syrian activist

browse: politicians, human rights defenders

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born: 1930
died: 2024
age at death: 93
known for: politician, intellectual, human rights defender

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who riad al-turk is

Riad al-Turk was a Syrian opposition leader, a political prisoner for about 20 years, and supporter of democracy, who was called "the Old Man of Syrian opposition." He was secretary general of the Syrian Communist Party from its foundation in 1973 until 2005.

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