The 3rd Penal Chamber of the Istanbul Regional Court of Justice has upheld the verdict in the case concerning the 2013 Gezi Park protests.

On 25 April, the Istanbul 13th Penal Court sentenced Osman Kavala, a businessperson and a rights advocate, to aggravated life imprisonment for "attempting to overthrow the government" and seven others to 18 years in prison for aiding the attempt.

The court concluded that the defendants had financed and organized the Gezi Park protests where millions of people took to the streets against the government all across Turkey.

The case will now go to the Court of Cassation, the country's top appeals court.