Jailed Turkish activist's marathon trial nears verdict
Paris-born activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala was a relative unknown when he was detained on his arrival at Istanbul's airport from a trip to a cultural centre in the Turkish city of Gaziantep in October 2017. But his continued imprisonment without a conviction has turned the 64-year-old into a hero for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's opponents -- and a focus of Western worries about the Turkish leader's sweeping crackdown on dissent. Kavala now stands accused of financing a wave of 2013... Читать дальше...