Osman Kavala and seven others were sentenced to long terms in prison on charges of “conspiring to overthrow the government” during the 2013 Gezi protests and involvement in the 2016 coup attempt

Faced with an economy in doldrums and falling approval ratings, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has resorted to his usual tactic of indulging nationalistic rhetoric, this time against western ambassadors. Critics have called it an attempt to divert attention from pressing issues

Chief public prosecutor charged 16 accused, many of whom are in pre-trial detention, for participation in the protests and the alleged coup attempt of 2016