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The 63-year-old social crusader's trial date comes as the constitutional court mulls whether his detention -- ongoing without a conviction for more than three years -- is lawful. The Parisian-born businessman was a founding member of philanthropist George Soros's Open Society Foundation in Turkey and headed a group that promoted cross-cultural ties via the arts.

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