'I pray for a miracle': Frenchman fights to be repatriated f

‘I pray for a miracle’: Frenchman fights to be repatriated from Turkish prison
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Fabien Azoulay in New York in 2016. © Fabien Azoulay/Facebook
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Tiffany FILLON
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The Istanbul Criminal Court sentenced Fabien Azoulay to 16 years and eight months in prison in 2017. His lawyers and relatives have been fighting ever since to have him repatriated to France. They have now decided now to publicise his case to put pressure on the French government.
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"I pray and cry every day for a miracle. I can't imagine staying here for the full 16 years and eight months,” Azoulay wrote in letters sent to his family from Giresun prison in northeast Turkey, and seen by FRANCE 24.

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