A Turkish court is expected to reach a verdict in a hearing beginning on Friday in a long-running case against philanthropist Osman Kavala and 15 others that has strained Ankara's ties with Western allies.
Kavala, 64, has been in jail for 4-1/2 years without a conviction and denies the charges he faces over the Gezi protests in 2013 that began as a small protest in an Istanbul park and grew into nationwide anti-government unrest, in which eight protesters and two police officers were killed.
