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The Grand Turk
Turkey Court Acquits Rights Defender Kavala in Gezi Park Trial
2020-02-19
[AnNahar] A Ottoman Turkish court acquitted leading civil society figures, including rights defender Osman Kavala, on Tuesday in a highly controversial trial over the anti-government "Gezi Park" protests of 2013.

The judge said there was "not enough concrete evidence" that Kavala and the other 15 defendants sought to overthrow the government.

Kavala, who spent more than 800 days in pre-trial detention and faced a life sentence if convicted, became a symbol of what critics say is a crackdown on The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
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