Rather than fixing the economy, it very much looks as though President Erdogan has decided to step up repression
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskTwo of those people, Can Atalay, a lawyer, and Mucella Yapici, an architect, stood inside the courtroom facing a crowd of shocked onlookers, some of them wiping away tears, moments after hearing the verdict. “They will now take us to Silivri,” Mr Atalay shouted, referring to a notorious prison on the outskirts of Istanbul. “But know that we will not bow to tyranny.
Even by the standards of Turkey’s judiciary, which tends to do the government’s bidding, the prosecution of Mr Kavala has been a farce. The evidence against him should have been laughed out of court. The prosecution depended not only on unsubstantiated speculation but also on a wilful blurring of protest with treacherous insurrection. Mr Kavala was first arrested in late 2017 for his involvement in the Gezi Park protests which had engulfed the country in 2013.
When the European Court of Human Rights ordered Mr Kavala’s release, Turkey’s government refused to comply even though its membership of the Council of Europe requires it to do so. When the American ambassador to Turkey and nine of his European colleagues urged the government to abide by theThe verdict will damage relations between Turkey and its Western allies further.
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