Nobel laureate Tawakkol Karman joins anti-coup protests in Ankara
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Yemeni activist Tawakkol Karman joined thousands of people in Ankara's Kızılay Square on Monday to protest the July 15 failed coup attempt.

Karman, who became the face of the 2011 Yemeni uprising, shared a photo of herself in Kızılay Square on her Twitter account, sending her greetings:

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