{"id":23374,"date":"2018-11-27T01:23:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T01:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=23374"},"modified":"2018-11-27T01:23:27","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T01:23:27","slug":"lebanon-rejects-russian-military-aid-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=23374","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon rejects Russian military aid offer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nISTANBUL, ANKARA: George Soros\u2019 Open Society Foundation said on Monday it would cease operations in Turkey, days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the billionaire philanthropist of trying to divide and destroy nations.<\/p>\n

\nThe foundation said it had been the target of \u201cbaseless claims\u201d in the Turkish media, which made it impossible for it to continue its work.<\/p>\n

\nIt also faced an investigation by the Interior Ministry, which sought to demonstrate a link, which it denied, between the foundation and protests at Istanbul\u2019s Gezi Park in 2013.<\/p>\n

\nOne of its founders in Turkey, Hakan Altinay, was among 13 people detained 10 days ago. They were accused of supporting jailed rights activist Osman Kavala in a bid to overthrow the government through mass protests.<\/p>\n

\nIn a speech last week, Erdogan linked those arrests to Soros.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nThe foundation said that \u201cnew investigations\u201d were trying to link it to the Gezi protests five years ago. \u201cThese efforts are not new and they are outside reality,\u201d it said<\/p>\n

\nThe foundation said it would apply for the legal liquidation and winding up of the company\u2019s operations as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

\n2013 bombing suspect<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nTurkish prosecutors on Monday demanded multiple life sentences for the prime suspect in a 2013 bombing blamed on Syria which left more than 50 people dead, state media reported.<\/p>\n

\nTurkish citizen Yusuf Nazik was caught in September in the Syrian city of Latakia and brought back to Turkey in an operation by the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT).<\/p>\n

\nNazik is accused of planning the May 2013 Reyhanli bombing which left over 50 people dead in one of the deadliest attacks in Turkey\u2019s modern history.<\/p>\n

\nAt the start of the trial in Ankara attended by Nazik, the public prosecutor sought 53 aggravated life sentences, state news agency Anadolu said.<\/p>\n

\nSuch sentences have replaced the death penalty in Turkey and carry harsher conditions than normal life sentences.<\/p>\n

\nNazik is charged with \u201cdestroying the state\u2019s unity and integrity\u201d and \u201cintentionally killing\u201d 52 people, including five children, Anadolu said.<\/p>\n

\nThe agency also reported that the prosecutor demanded different sentences for \u201cattempting to kill,\u201d since 130 people were injured in the attack, for having \u201cexplosive material without permission\u201d and \u201cdamaging goods.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nAnkara at the time blamed the attack on Bashar Assad and allied groups but Damascus rejected the claims.<\/p>\n

\nTurkey has repeatedly called for Assad\u2019s ousting during the civil war.<\/p>\n

\nNazik was captured in Latakia, a stronghold of support for Assad that has never slipped from his control.<\/p>\n

\nAt the time of his capture, Anadolu shared a video of Nazik giving what it described as a \u201cconfession,\u201d saying he was behind the attack and it had been ordered by Damascus. The next hearing in Nazik\u2019s trial will be on Feb. 14, 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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