osman kavala is a businessman and philanthropist who has contact with foreign business people and fundraiserson since 2017, charged with financing protests against the government in 2013 and participating in the failed coup of 2016, and he denies all charges. but erdogan�*s government claims that all these protests against the government and the coup attempt and, in his words, terror attacks from various groups, are linked to each other, and commanded by one umbrella group, and he claims, erdogan claims that kavala is engaged with that group of powerful foreign people. ece goksedef from the bbc�*s turkish world service. a prominent advisor to the british government on covid—19 is urging the public to do everything possible to reduce transmission of the virus. professor peter openshaw says infection and death rates are "unacceptable," and he's very fearful there could be another "lockdown christmas." the government maintains there's no need for stricter covid measures in england and is encouraging all those who are eligible to get their vaccine boosters. with the latest, here's yunus mulla. as

the detention of osman kavala has been a stress point for some time now. the european court of human rights did, in fact, clair that turkey should release kavala, and turkey in theory should have to abide by that order, because it is a member of the counsel for europe. but turkey has not. and what european countries will say, what human rights groups will say, what opposition voices will say is that, you know, the detention of osman kavala is part of this ongoing government to try to stem voices of dissent and opposition. but to declare ten ambassadors, western ambassadors all at once, in one fell swoop, potentially persona non grata is a very big possible step forward in terms of escalating this situation. and at this stage, it does look as if turkey does have more to lose if the situation does, in fact, escalate further, kim. >> all right. thanks so much, arwa damon in istanbul, appreciate it. >>> president obama makes a rare personal appearance on the campaign trail. still ahead, what the former president told voters as he drummed up votes. >>> and the h

described as an "irresponsible" statement calling for a just and speedy resolution to the case of osman kavalaervice is following the story. about three of these countries are nato allies and germany is the biggest partner of turkey. when i spoke to chuck it's officials they told me that they don't know when the process should start because turkish prime minister is in korea right now and it's our time over there. it will have to wait till the morning and see what happens. so far there is not an official order that was sent to the ministry. and this is a big bold move on the rest of politics was that we will see in the coming days if that's just a bluff or they will literally put that order into a fact. and if they will they will probably see retaliation from all those countries. he is a businessman and a first has contacts with foreign businesspeople and fundraiser investors. he has been president since 2017. charge with finance and protest against the government in 2013 and participating in the failed coup of 2016. and he denies all charges. but erdogan government claims that all these prote

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osman kavala has been held without a conviction since 2017. he was acquitted on charges stemming from a protest eight years ago, but that verdict was overturned and he now faces charges for alleged involvement in 2016's failed coup. here was erdogan defending his diplomatic crackdown. >> translator: you cannot dare to come to the turkish foreign ministry and give orders here. i give the necessary order to our foreign minister and said what must be done. these ten ambassadors must be declared persona non grata at once. you will sort it out immediately. >> reporter: cnn's arwa damon joins us now from istanbul. so arwa, allies there, you know, are warning that this isn't in turkey's interest. so what's behind the move, then? >> reporter: well, a lot of it is really stemming, presumably from turkey and especially erdogan's frustration with europe and the west. erdogan most certainly views this statement that was signed by these ten ambassadors as being yet another attempt, as we have been hearing over and over again, to try to meddle in turkey's i

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