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Al Jazeera
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Moira Lavelle, Vedat Yeler

A family yearns for answers years after Turkish refugee’s torture, death

Baris Buyuksu, a Turkish citizen who had dreams of living in Europe, is pictured in Kos shortly before his death [Courtesy of Dilan Biyik, Buyuksu's sister]

Athens, Greece – As noted in his autopsy, 30-year-old Baris Buyuksu had several tattoos.

On the inside of his left arm was the invocation, “be patient”, in Turkish. On the outside of his left hand, the Turkish word for “hope”.

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