Turkish police detain businessman, leading civil society figure Osman Kavala
Turkish police have detained the prominent civil society figure and businessman Osman Kavala at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport as part of a secret investigation, Daily Mail reports, citing the T24 news website and other media.
The T24 news website cited Kavala's lawyer as saying he had been taken to the counter-terror police department after an order was issued for him to be detained for seven days. Police in Istanbul were not immediately available to comment.
Kavala is the chairman of the Anadolu Kultur cultural institution and police seized computers from the organisation's offices, the website said.
It said he was detained as he returned from a meeting in the southeastern city of Gaziantep.
The European Parliament´s (EP) rapporteur on Turkey Kati Piri voiced concern about the arrest on Twitter.
"Very disturbing news that Osman Kavala has been detained in Istanbul. Will propose in EP to launch urgent call for his release," she wrote.
According to Ermenihaber, Osman Kavala is known for his pro-Armenian activities. He is one of the close friends of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink's family and is actively fighting for a fair trial on Dink's murder. On April 24 2016, Kavala visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex and paid tribute to the memory of the innocent victims.
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