Metin Topuz, a
Topuz is charged with espionage and links to the network of holy man Fethullah Gülen
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world. Gülen and Erdogan used to be really good friends, but only one of them could be sultan, and Gülen lost...
, who is based in the United States and blamed by
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...for plotting the failed 2016 coup. Washington says Topuz is innocent.
The court has repeatedly said it wants to hear another witness in the case file. But lawyers on Wednesday told the court that the address on record for that witness did not exist.
In his final defence ahead of the ruling, Topuz said he did not accept the accusations and demanded his acquittal.
Lawyers for Topuz applied in January to the Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
an Court of Human Rights and the court accepted the application, a person close to the matter told Rooters on Tuesday.
The trial of Topuz has been one of various sources of strain in already fragile ties between NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure....
allies Turkey and the United States.