Turkey's judiciary drew international criticism on Wednesday after a promin...
ISTANBUL - Turkey’s judiciary drew international criticism on Wednesday after a prominent businessman was re-arrested over charges related to a failed 2016 military coup, hours after being acquitted over his alleged role in landmark protests in 2013.
Kavala’s re-arrest at the request of prosecutors was in connection with an event three years later: according to a document seen by Reuters, he is accused of attempting to overthrow the constitutional order in the 2016 coup attempt. The European Parliament rapporteur on Turkey, Nacho Sanchez Amor, criticized the move. “No way to believe in any improvement in Turkey if the prosecutor is undermining any step ahead. Back again in dark period,” he said in a tweet.
State-owned Anadolu news agency reported later on Wednesday that the Board of Judges and Prosecutors had begun an inquiry against the judges who ruled for acquittals in the Gezi trial. Kavala is cited by the court as stating that assertions he supported the coup attempt are “baseless.”
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