Turkey issues fresh detention request after surprise acquittal in protest trial
SILIVRI, Turkey - A Turkish court on Tuesday acquitted businessman Osman Kavala and eight others over their alleged role in the Gezi Park protests of 2013, delivering a surprise verdict in a case that had drawn criticism from Western allies and rights groups.
Philanthropist Kavala was ordered to be set free after more than two years in jail. The European Court of Human Rights in December demanded his immediate release, saying there was a lack of reasonable suspicion that he had committed a crime. Kavala and two other defendants had been facing life sentences without parole, while the other defendants were accused of aiding them in attempting to overthrow the government by organising the protests. They had denied the allegations.
After final statements from defendants, the judge read the verdict in which he said they did not commit the alleged crimes. Mucella Yapici, who is one of the 16 defendants acquitted over their alleged role in Turkey's Gezi Park protests case, reacts as she is surrounded by her supporters after leaving a courtroom at the Silivri Prison and Courthouse complex in Silivri near Istanbul, Turkey, February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
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