Turkey court sentences nightclub shooting suspect to life in jail
4 years, 3 months ago

Turkey court sentences nightclub shooting suspect to life in jail

Al Jazeera  

Uzbek national Abdulkadir Masharipov was handed 40 life sentences without parole after 39 killed in Istanbul attack. A Turkish court sentenced to life in prison the main suspect in a gun attack at an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day in 2017 in which 39 people were killed. Abdulkadir Masharipov, an Uzbek national, was given the equivalent of 40 life sentences without parole on Monday, plus an additional 1,368 years in prison, Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu news agency reported. Police detained Masharipov on January 17, 2017, and said he acted on behalf of the ISIL armed group that claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was revenge for Turkish military involvement in Syria.

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Turkey sentences pro-Kurdish politicians to lengthy prison terms over deadly 2014 riots
7 months, 1 week ago

Turkey sentences pro-Kurdish politicians to lengthy prison terms over deadly 2014 riots

Associated Press  

ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced several pro-Kurdish politicians to between nine and 42 years in prison over deadly riots in 2014 by Kurds angered by what they perceived to be government inaction against Islamic State group militants who had besieged the Syrian border town of Kobani. The protests were called by leaders of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish People’s …

Turkey: Two attackers killed during assault attempt on Istanbul courthouse, six wounded
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Turkey: Two attackers killed during assault attempt on Istanbul courthouse, six wounded

India TV News  

Istanbul: Two people were shot dead during an attempt to attack a courthouse in Turkey's Istanbul on Tuesday, according to Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. Yerlikaya later identified the attackers as members of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front, or DHKP/C, a far-left group that is considered a terrorist organization in Turkey, the United States and the European Union. The group …

Turkey sentences 32 to life imprisonment over failed 2016 coup attempt
3 years, 8 months ago

Turkey sentences 32 to life imprisonment over failed 2016 coup attempt

LA Times  

Soldiers outside the Turkish courthouse where hundreds of people are being tried for their alleged involvement in a failed coup attempt in 2016. A Turkish court Wednesday sentenced dozens of people, including former soldiers attached to the presidential guard regiment, to life imprisonment over their involvement in the failed 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government, the state-run …

Turkey jails 22 former soldiers for life over 2016 coup attempt
3 years, 8 months ago

Turkey jails 22 former soldiers for life over 2016 coup attempt

Al Jazeera  

Sentences handed down for occupying a state broadcaster and forcing anchors to read out a statement. A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced 22 former soldiers to life in jail for their roles in a failed 2016 bid to remove President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. One of the president’s lawyers provided AFP news agency with a document showing the judge jailing 22 …

Turkish court issues life sentences in trial of 2016 coup leaders
4 years ago

Turkish court issues life sentences in trial of 2016 coup leaders

Hindustan Times  

A Turkish court handed down dozens of life sentences on Thursday for some of the nearly 500 defendants, including army commanders and pilots, accused of leading a 2016 coup attempt from an air base near the capital Ankara. The trial was the highest profile of dozens of court cases targeting thousands of people accused of involvement in the coup attempt, …

Turkey jails hundreds for life over 2016 failed coup attempt
4 years ago

Turkey jails hundreds for life over 2016 failed coup attempt

Al Jazeera  

In one of the biggest cases related to the plot to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 337 ex-pilots and other suspects sentenced to life. A Turkish court has jailed 337 former pilots and other suspects for life over plot to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a failed coup attempt four years ago, a court document obtained by AFP news …

Turkey ‘indicts six more Saudis’ over Jamal Khashoggi murder
4 years, 2 months ago

Turkey ‘indicts six more Saudis’ over Jamal Khashoggi murder

Al Jazeera  

Istanbul prosecutors seek life imprisonment for two suspects and up to five years in jail for four others, report says. Turkish prosecutors have filed a second indictment against six Saudi suspects over the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul, according to Turkey’s state news agency. Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor and critic of Saudi …

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