Serbian defence minister confirms that all eight crew members of a cargo plane that crashed near Kavala perished in the accident. Antonov An-12, owned by the Ukrainians, was carrying around 11 tonnes of armaments, including mines, to Bangladesh when it crashed. KAVALA: The Serbian defence minister said on Sunday that eight crew members of a … Read more
The wreckage of a cargo jet crashed near the Greek city of Kavala on Sunday. The Antonov An-12 freight plane crashed late Saturday near Paleochori, Greece. Residents within a 2-km radius of the crash site were instructed to wear masks Saturday night. ATHENS: A drone monitored the wreckage of a cargo plane flown by a … Read more
Peaceful protests against plans to renovate a portion of Istanbul’s landmark Taksim Square began in May 2013 but turned into weeks of anti-government rallies after a police raid. The venue will be deserted on May Day this year, as it has been every year since a Turkish court sentenced famous civil society leader Osman Kavala … Read more
Germany summoned Turkey’s ambassador on Friday over the imprisonment of Osman Kavala, a vocal critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan according to a foreign ministry official, “I can tell you that we summoned the Turkish ambassador to the foreign ministry today and made the government’s position very clear once again,” the spokesman told a … Read more
France criticized a Turkish court’s life sentence for leading civil society leader Osman Kavala on Tuesday, saying his incarceration breached Turkey’s international commitments. “France firmly opposes the life sentence,” said the foreign ministry of France, urging Kavala’s “immediate release” and the dismissal of all allegations against him. He had been jailed for almost four and … Read more
Osman Kavala, Turkish activist, had already been in prison for more than four years without being convicted. He was convicted of charges stemming from nationwide protests in 2013 and a failed coup attempt in 2016. Kavala has refuted the allegations and accused the administration of “judicial assassination.” Western diplomats were among those in attendance at … Read more
A main Turkish rights defender expects to learn Monday if he can stroll free after more than four years in prison without conviction or whether he’s going to spend the rest of his days behind bars. The marathon trial of Paris-born philanthropist Osman Kavala has gnawed on Turkey’s ties with Western allies given his arrest … Read more
