Why did Nelson Mandela refuse to get the Turkish prize?

Anonymous

∙ 12y ago

Updated: 8/19/2019

He refused the award in 1992 because of the human rights violations being comitted against the kurdish minority in Turkey. After vehement criticism of Mandela in Turkey he decided to accept the award in 1999.

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