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US President Joe Biden has nominated former Senator Jeff Flake to be the next US Ambassador to Turkey, the White House has announced. If the Senate approves it, Flake will be the new US Ambassador in Ankara.

Arrested businessperson and rights defender Osman Kavala has been nominated for Václav Havel Human Rights Prize: “His arrest constitutes a warning and an intimidation to all who would dare to challenge the authoritarian regime of President Erdoğan.”