Turkish court sentences activist Osman Kavala to life in prison
A Turkish court has sentenced rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala to life in prison without the possibility of parole on highly controversial charges of attempting to overthrow the government. The panel of three judges also sentenced on Monday seven other defendants to 18 years in jail each on charges of aiding the attempt to topple the government, ordering the immediate arrest of Mucella Yapici, Cigdem Mater, Hakan Altinay, Mine Ozerden, Can Atalay, Yigit Ali Ekmekci and Tayfun Kahraman. The verdicts stem from allegations that Kavala bankrolled a wave of Gezi Park anti-government protests in 2013 and played a role in the 2016 attempted military coup in the country. Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu reports from Istanbul. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Turkey #OsmanKavala #GeziDavasi
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