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Selma in Turkish

Selma in Turkish is Selma — Selma means a term used to describe a violent crackdown by authorities on peaceful civil rights protesters, evoking the 1965 Bloody Sunday attack on marchers in Selma, Alabama.

Selma in Turkish

Selma
proper noun
(countable) A en given name.

What does "Selma" mean?

  1. noun A term used to describe a violent crackdown by authorities on peaceful civil rights protesters, evoking the 1965 Bloody Sunday attack on marchers in Selma, Alabama.
    "How Many Selmas? Still another city in the south Is learning the hard way that the Negro will settle for nothing less than first class citizenship."
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Selma in a sentence

  • How Many Selmas? Still another city in the south Is learning the hard way that the Negro will settle for nothing less than first class citizenship.
  • Commentators called the police response a modern-day Selma.

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What is "Selma" in Turkish?
"Selma" in Turkish is Selma. Selma means: A term used to describe a violent crackdown by authorities on peaceful civil rights protesters, evoking the 1965 Bloody Sunday attack on marchers in Selma, Alabama.
How do you use "Selma" in a sentence?
Example: "Commentators called the police response a modern-day Selma." In Turkish, "Selma" is Selma.
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