Rümeysa Özturk describes harrowing Louisiana confinement in new court filing–masslive.com
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APRIL 11, 2025
By Charlie McKenna | cmckenna@masslive.com As she continues to fight for her release from detention, Tufts University doctoral student Rmeysa zturk detailed her confinement at an immigration facility in Louisiana, saying she has had four asthma attacks since her arrest, in a new court filing. zturk, a 30-year-old Turkish national, has been in federal custody since late March when federal agents in plainclothes arrested her on the street in Somerville.
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