European parliament report called for suspension of Turkey’s accession but Turkish authorities will only care if that damages their economic survival struggle…

(Geneva) – Turkey’s president and government should stop making baseless accusations, and the Istanbul prosecutor should drop the new charges against 16 people, including Osman Kavala, that view the Gezi protests as a coup attempt,

In response to news that an indictment has been sent to the court setting out the case against Osman Kavala and 15 civil society figures for “attempting to overthrow the government”, Amnesty International’s Andrew Gardner said:

The Foreign Affairs committee of the European Parliament just voted in favour of suspending the EU accession negotiations with Turkey. The call is part of the annual parliamentary report about Turkey. Member of the European Parliament Marietje

We just voted to suspend the accession negotiations with #Turkey, read my line here ↘️ https://t.co/ckYi4KZN9H

— Marietje Schaake (@MarietjeSchaake) February 20, 2019

Appalled by the indictment presented to a criminal court in Istanbul regarding the Gezi events.The accusations levelled v 16 persons & the aggravated life sentences requested are unacceptable.I hope that the criminal court in question will see them as such https://t.co/lMppso9X0I pic.twitter.com/tSnMdnFZqo

— Commissioner for Human Rights (@CommissionerHR) February 20, 2019

STATEMENT ON GEZI PARK CASE: Amnesty International: Osman Kavala And Yücel Aksakoğlu Must be Released

Justice Watch’ in Courthouse for Cumhuriyet Newspaper