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Turkey: Author in Search of Justice | European Journal

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Channel: DW News · 2009 · News & Politics

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Its a dying profession,but legal writers are still in demand in Turkey. Rain or shine,they sit at the side of the street with folding table and portable typewriter and offer their services,typing witness depositions,applications for guardianship,and legal complaints.Such writers were already a feature of the Ottoman Empire,and their services were valued even by the literate. But as educational levels rose and with the advent of the laptop and Internet,the profession is threatened with extinction even in Turkey.

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