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Christians from Turkey demonstrate against deportation in The Hague, 1980

Place: The Hague · today Netherlands
Date: 1980

About 200 Christians from Turkey demonstrate on the Binnenhof in The Hague on 23 October 1980 against the deportation threatening many of them. Several banners are written in Syriac script, alongside Dutch slogans.

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Nationaal Archief, Fotocollectie Anefo (via Wikimedia Commons)

Marcel Antonisse / Anefo · CC0 (Nationaal Archief, Fotocollectie Anefo).

Christians from Turkey demonstrate against deportation in The Hague, 1980

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