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Pioneering Saturday Mothers Activist Passes Away, Sparking Grief Among Fellow Campaigners - Turkish Minute

Emine Ocak, a pioneering activist with the Saturday Mothers movement who joined the first protest in #İstanbul’s Galata Square on May 27, 1995 in search of her missing son, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 89 following a heart attack.

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Emine Ocak, who struggled tirelessly for justice for her missing son and countless others, is dead. Her legacy as co-founder of the "Saturday Mothers" in Turkey lives on.

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Emine Ocak, one of the Saturday Mothers' symbolic figures, has died at the age of 89. Following the loss of her son Hasan Ocak in 1995, Ocak began her fight for justice in Galatasaray Square. She had been in intensive care for a heart attack a month earlier. The Saturday Mothers announced the news of Ocak's death on social media. The statement read, "We announce it with great sadness. With her courage, persistence, and determination, truth and j…

Emine Ocak, a symbol of the Saturday Mothers who held a sit-in protest in Galatasaray Square for years to commemorate the unsolved murders of her children, has passed away. She had been searching for her son, Hasan Ocak, for 30 years.

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