An Israeli court on Monday ordered the conditional release for Ebru Özkan, a Turkish citizen who has been under arrest since June 11 for alleged links to terrorist groups during a touristic visit to Jerusalem, according to her lawyer.
Omar Khamaysa, Özkan’s lawyer told Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency that during hearing at a military court in Salem, northern Israel on Monday the court ordered a pending trial and conditional release for Özkan.
Khamaysa stressed that his client will be free if the Israeli prosecutor does not appeal the verdict by 5 p.m. on Tuesday. The conditions for her release are 15,000 Israeli shekel ($4,125) in bail, confiscation of her passport, and her signing in twice a week at a nearby police station.
Khamaysa said she was charged with asking to transfer money and a cell phone charger to Hamas members, but she wasn’t aware of their identity. If the Israeli prosecutor fails to provide sufficient evidence, the lawyer asserted, the court order for a pending trial will come into force, and today’s ruling has no sign on any ban on Özkan speaking to the press.
Otherwise, Khamaysa said, the case will go to a higher court. Officials from the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv also attended today’s trial, he said.
Özkan was arrested on charges of threatening Israel’s security and links with terrorist groups, allegations which she denies. She was among 38 Turkish tourists on a trip to Jerusalem. Her friends dispute Israel’s allegations and say she was simply there to visit Al-Aqsa Mosque in the city.
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