By Ece Toksabay

ANKARA (Reuters) -A Turkish court on Monday ordered the release of youth activist Enes Hocaogullari pending trial on charges including “inciting hatred”, in a case that has drawn sharp criticism from European institutions and rights groups.

Hocaogullari, 23, has been in custody since his arrest on August 5 after returning from Strasbourg where he represented Turkey as a youth delegate at the Council of Europe. In a speech there in March he had condemned the dismissal of opposition mayors and police violence in Turkey.

Prosecutors accuse him of “spreading false information to mislead the public” and “inciting hatred and enmity”, charges that could carry several years in prison.

Hocaogullari appeared in court in handcuffs and wearing a black suit, escorted by two gendarme

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