Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala spends 700th day behind bars - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Ayla Jean Yackley

Ayla Jean Yackley

Sep 30, 2019

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - DECEMBER 11: Member of the International Peace and Reconciliation Initiative (IPRI) delegation to Turkey Osman Kavala is seen during a joint press conference with Chair of the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left at the European Parliament Gabriele Zimmer, Chair of IPRI Judge Essa Moosa, French politician Francis Wurtz and Chair of the EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) Kariane Westrheim after 11th International Conference on the European Union, Turkey, the M — Osman Kavala is seen during a joint press conference at the European Parliament headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 11, 2014. — Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

A protester holds a Turkish flag as riot police order them to evacuate Gezi Park in central Istanbul June 15, 2013. Thousands of people took to the streets of Istanbul overnight on Sunday, erecting barricades and starting bonfires, after riot police firing teargas and water cannon stormed a park at the centre of two weeks of anti-government unrest. Lines of police backed by armoured vehicles sealed off Taksim Square in the centre of the city as officers raided the adjoining Gezi Park late on Saturday, where

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Diego Cupolo

People shout slogans during a demonstration to mark the fifth anniversary of Gezi Park protests, in central Istanbul, Turkey May 31, 2018. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RC1316539760

Turkish activists brace for ruling in landmark protest trial

Ayla Jean Yackley

Ayla Jean Yackley

Opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) MPs Ali Seker (CR), Ozgulr Ozel (C) and Sezgin Tanrikulu (CL) speak to the press.

Turkish court jails philanthropist Osman Kavala for life in widely condemned trial

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Members and spokeswoman Mucella Yapici (3rd L) of Taksim solidarity platform attend a press conference on March 11, 2019 in Istanbul. - Turkish activists at the forefront of the mass 2013 anti-government protests on March 11, 2019, rejected "irrational" and "unlawful" indictment targeting prominent Turkish businessman Osman Kavala and 15 others. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP) (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)

Lawyers decry lack of justice for jailed activist Kavala in Turkey

Ayla Jean Yackley

Ayla Jean Yackley