The Turkish Foreign Ministry has not yet officially declared ambassadors of ten countries persona non grata. The agency drew attention to this. RIA News…
Thus, the Turkish Foreign Ministry has not yet complied with the order of President Recep Erdogan to end the presence in the country of the heads of diplomatic missions of Canada, France, Finland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the United States because of their call for the release of human rights defender Osman Kavala. At the same time, the Foreign Ministry confirmed the summons of the ambassadors and indicated that it had reminded them of the need to observe the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
Also, none of the ten embassies announced that the ambassadors were persona non grata.
The embassies of these countries on October 18 called on the Turkish authorities to release the businessman, the founder of the cultural foundation Anadolu Kültür AŞ Osman Kavala, who was accused of participating in the coup attempt in 2016. The diplomatic missions called the trial of the activist “a stain on democracy and the rule of law and the transparency of the judicial system.”
Osman Kavala supports religious and ethnic minorities, advocates a peaceful solution to the Kurdish issue and the reconciliation of Turkish and Armenian citizens.
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