Ankara: Turkey called the 10th ambassador of the country, including Germany and the United States, after they requested the release of a civil society leader, Turkish diplomatic said Tuesday.
Philanthropic and Paris-born Activist Osman Kavala, 64, have been in prison without confidence since 2017 in cases that have ferred tensions with the West.
Turkish activists faced a series of charges related to the 2013 anti-government protest and the failed Military Putsch in 2016.
Kavala denied the allegations.
The groups of rights and several Western governments viewed his detention as a symbol of the president to receive intolerance of Tayyip Erdogan’s growing growing.
In a statement Monday, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the US called for “new and fast resolutions for the case”.
“Sustainable delays in the trial …
throw shadows for respect for democracy, legal rules and transparency in the Turkish justice system,” they said.
Embassies called Turkey to follow the European Council’s decision, a human rights agency who joined in 1950.
The European Council has warned that it will launch a disciplinary process against Turkey “in that (Kavala) was not released before” meeting the human rights body On November 30-December 2.
The hearing of the next Court Kavala is estimated on November 26.
The ambassadors will arrive at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara on Tuesday morning, Turkish sources told AFP.
Minister of Internal Affairs Turkey Suleyman Soylu crashed into the embassy statement on Twitter Monday.
“It cannot be accepted by the ambassador to make recommendations or suggestions for justice for sustainable cases,” said Soylu.
“Recommendations and advice you throw shadows on your understanding of law and democracy.” Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul on Monday night said that “no ambassador has the right to make recommendations or suggestions to our court” on Twitter.
“It’s ignorance about the limits and limits that throw a shadow over the law supremacy,” Gul added.
Turkish Call 10 Ambassador Obman Kavala Release Call
