businessmen osman and actor director mehmet bora gazey park protests began over the government's plans to redevelop a small park in central istanbul but they turned into nationwide protests against the government of then prime minister. all right and for more i'm now joined by julia hina in istanbul who covered these events for us good to see you. now why was this such a surprise this verdict. well really i don't think anybody saw this coming the defendant observed as many of his journalists we were actually bracing for a tough verdict today because turkish prosecutors just recently have demanded aggravated life sentences for 3 of the defendants and long jail terms of for the others so this was the expectation in the early morning and then i offer a couple of hours suddenly these acquittals we heard about spontaneous celebrations that erupting inside the courthouse and outside as well and this is where we managed to talk to one of the defendants his name is john he is an attorney by profession and i think this gives you a pretty good sense of just how unexpected these developments toda

rearrest of one prominent activist on tuesday 9 protesters charge over the 2013 anti-government gazey park demonstrations were freed from jail but outspoken fil-a are spoken philanthropist. or was immediately ordered back into detention on new accusations. reporters waited for hours for the. the philanthropist an activist was jailed in late 2017 accused of organizing protests and attempting to overthrow the government on tuesday carville i was unexpectedly cleared them released but only for minutes he was returned to custody on new accusations of participating in a coup against the then prime minister now president obama and 2016. it's not the 1st time such a thing has happened we saw it in other cases last year immediate detention under new claims that are bizarre now they allege he took part in the 2016 coup attempt it's quite clear that there has been political influence in the judicial process. may 2039 the start of the casey part protest thousands of people demonstrated 1st against a planned development then against the government the movement quickly spread nationwide. but it ended a

acquitted 9 civil society activists accused of seeking to overthrow turkey's government in the 2013 gazey park protests many in the country expected the court to hand down a guilty verdict instead judges ordered the defendants and. media release and as you're about to see rate here people emerging from court triumphant there were many high profile defendants in this case and they include a businessman us mon volokh and actor director mehmet bora the guese party protests began over the government's plans to redevelop a small park in central istanbul but they turned into nationwide protests against the government of then prime minister red chip. r 8 and for more i'm now joined by julia hina in istanbul who covered these events for us good to see you julia now why was this such a surprise this verdict. well really i don't think anybody saw this coming the defendant observed as many of his journalists we were actually bracing for a tough verdict today because turkish prosecutors just recently have demanded aggravated life sentences for 3 of the defendants and long jail terms of for the others so t

in a landmark case they've been charged with trying to overthrow the government during the 2013 gazey park protest movement the case was seen as a test of justice in turkey. the corona virus has claimed another health care worker in china the head of a leading hospital in rouhani the epicenter of the outbreak has died after contracting the disease the death toll from the virus has reached almost 2000. in germany the race to become the leader of underwear goes christian democrats has begun in earnest 3 candidates have so far declared their intention to take over some of the cuts come out and bauer who stepped down a week ago. american gymnast simone biles has won sportswoman of the year for the 3rd time at the lawrence world sports awards in berlin when i won the world champion to lewis hamilton and soccer superstar leo messi were joint winners of the men's awards such an incredible. this is it every day is from berlin for more follow us on twitter or visit our website w dot com. now don't forget you can always get you to meetings on the go just download our app from the google play or from