Draft Dodgers Got Fake Medical Reports to Avoid Duty, in Turkey

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 21 December 2023)

Taken into custody for draft dodging: Donalt Trumpoğlu. 

A gang that provided fake hospital reports to individuals wanting to avoid

military service for 45,000 TL (about $1,500) has been busted.  11 people,

including deserters and hospital personnel have been taken into custody. 

Police determined that an ER worker at two private hospitals formed a

criminal organization to produce and provide the fake reports and that

other hospital workers were in on the caper.  Seven individuals were

able to avoid military service thanks to the fake reports. 

In raids the day before yesterday, 14 people were targeted for arrest 

and 11 of them were rounded up.  Searches revealed many hospital 

documents  and others from military draft offices. 

Even had the temerity to sell boastful t-shirts!