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Over 100,000 people have beenpurged from turkeys military, courts, universities, and civilservice in the government crackdown after last julysfailed coup. Failed coup. So fearful are the officers andtheir families of what may happen if they return to turkey,many have applied for asylum in belgium. On strict conditions ofanonymity, a few spoke with or reporter about their plight. Reporter these two women and their families have lostvirtually everything. A few months ago, their husbandswere wellpaid, wellrespected military officers representingturkey at nato headquarters in brussels. Now, they are in hiding from that government, accused ofbeing terrorists. They fear retaliation. I never imagined that couldhappen to us. We have even told our childrennot to speak turkish in public anymore. Reporter a couple months after the failed military coup, theywere ordered to return to turkey, accused of having linksto those who tried to overthrow president recep tayyip erdogan. Of course, it was sho

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