Von Doğan News Agency
An Istanbul court has postponed the trial of 35 members of a Beşiktaş football fan group, çArşı, who are accused of organizing a plot to topple the government during the 2013 Gezi Park protests.
The hearing at Istanbul’s Çağlayan courthouse was postponed after the prosecutor demanded more time to present his opinion, which was expected to take place during this hearing, after requested information about a piece of prosecution evidence failed to materialize.
Prosecutor Abdullah Mirza Coşkun said that the criminal expert report on a Blow Magnum branded semi-automatic gun, which belonged to the suspect Arda Mutlu Doğan, had stated that the gun was included in a law banning firearms that shoot metal marbles and balls. Coşkun said he was waiting for an answer from the gun’s producer on the manufacturing date of the gun in evidence, as it would help decide whether or not the gun was manufactured before or after the law was enacted.
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