Turks wait for word

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Turks wait for word

Date3/22/1988

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Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Turks wait for word: A group of Turkish refugees and several hundred supporters mill around in Montreal's St. Robert-Bellar-min Roman Catholic Church last month in a stand-off with the federal government. The 37 Turks; among a group who came to Canada earlier on the advice of unscrupolous travel agents in their home country; defied deportation orders.

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