Turkey's appeals court upholds life sentence for Osman Kavala, four others - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East

The trial and ensuing sentences have turned into a symbol of Turkey’s democratic backsliding and erosion of judiciary independence.

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