Ankara: President of Turkey Risp Tayip Erdogan On Saturday asked his foreign minister to expel ambassadors from 10 countries, including Germany and the United States, who had appealed for the release of the jailed civil society leader.
“I have ordered my foreign minister to declare these 10 ambassadors as persona non grata at the earliest,” he said, referring to a term used in diplomacy that denotes the first step before expulsion.
He did not set a fixed date.
“They must know and understand Turkey, “he accused the messengers of “indecency”.
“They should leave on the day they don’t know Turkey,” he said of the ambassadors.
The envoys issued a highly unusual joint statement on Monday saying that the Paris-born philanthropist and activist is under continued detention. Usman Kavala “cast a shadow” over Turkey.
The United States, Germany, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden called for an “equitable and speedy resolution of (Kavala’s) case”.
kavala He has been in prison without a conviction since 2017 and is facing alternate charges linked to anti-government protests in 2013 and a failed military coup in 2016.
He has become a symbol of widespread action erdogan Opened after surviving a coup attempt.
Speaking to AFP from his prison cell last week, Kavala said he felt like a tool in his efforts to blame a foreign conspiracy for domestic opposition to Erdogan’s nearly two-decade regime.
The Council of Europe, the continent’s top human rights watchdog, has issued a final warning to Turkey to comply with a 2019 European Court of Human Rights order to release Kavala’s pending trial.
If Turkey fails to do so by its next meeting on November 30-December 2, the Strasbourg-based council could vote to initiate its first disciplinary proceedings against Ankara.
“I have ordered my foreign minister to declare these 10 ambassadors as persona non grata at the earliest,” he said, referring to a term used in diplomacy that denotes the first step before expulsion.
He did not set a fixed date.
“They must know and understand Turkey, “he accused the messengers of “indecency”.
“They should leave on the day they don’t know Turkey,” he said of the ambassadors.
The envoys issued a highly unusual joint statement on Monday saying that the Paris-born philanthropist and activist is under continued detention. Usman Kavala “cast a shadow” over Turkey.
The United States, Germany, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden called for an “equitable and speedy resolution of (Kavala’s) case”.
kavala He has been in prison without a conviction since 2017 and is facing alternate charges linked to anti-government protests in 2013 and a failed military coup in 2016.
He has become a symbol of widespread action erdogan Opened after surviving a coup attempt.
Speaking to AFP from his prison cell last week, Kavala said he felt like a tool in his efforts to blame a foreign conspiracy for domestic opposition to Erdogan’s nearly two-decade regime.
The Council of Europe, the continent’s top human rights watchdog, has issued a final warning to Turkey to comply with a 2019 European Court of Human Rights order to release Kavala’s pending trial.
If Turkey fails to do so by its next meeting on November 30-December 2, the Strasbourg-based council could vote to initiate its first disciplinary proceedings against Ankara.
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