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Prosecutors in Turkey seek detention of activist Osman Kavala hours after his Gezi Park acquittal - CNN

Prosecutors in Turkey seek detention of activist Osman Kavala hours after his Gezi Park acquittal
By Jomana Karadsheh and Sheena McKenzie, CNN

Updated 4:55 PM ET, Tue February 18, 2020

CNN reporter: No one expected this 'stunning' court ruling 03:22
Istanbul (CNN)Public prosecutors in Turkey issued an order seeking the continued detention of businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala on Tuesday, just hours after a court acquitted him and eight other defendants over the 2013 protests in Istanbul's Gezi Park.

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