Osman Kavala

Speaking to bianet concerning imprisoned journalists and detention of Kavala in turkey, Chomsky has said, “This is a severe blow to Turkish freedom and democracy”.

Spokesperson for the EU Commission Kocijanic has spoken on Kavala, who has been in custody for seven days, in the statement she made about the eight rights defenders who were released today.

Erdoğan has implied that Osman Kavala was detained as part of the investigation in which US mission staff Topuz was arrested.

US Department of State Spokesperson Nauert as to Osman Kavala and 19 activists, attorney and journalists being detained in Ankara yesterday, said that they had been following these case closely and that the detentions in Turkey were often made with very little or no evidence at all.

EP Rapporteur for Turkey Kati Piri stated that she would propose in the European Parliament to launch an urgent call for release of Anadolu Kültür Board Chair Osman Kavala, who was taken into custody yesterday evening.

Businessperson Kavala known with his NGO works, has been detained on his return from a meeting of a project planned to be realized in cooperation with Goethe Institute in Antep.