12 MORE SUSPECTS BROUGHT TO COURT FOR SECOND DAY OF HEARING
ISTANBUL - Twelve suspected people against whom a lawsuit was filed in connection with four devastating truck bomb attacks on November 15 and 20, 2003 in Istanbul were brought to the State Security Court (DGM) for the second day of hearing on Tuesday.
Sixty-nine suspects are being tried in the lawsuit filed on charges that they have been involved in the bomb attacks in Istanbul on November 15 and 20, 2003 and on charges that they have carried out activities for international terrorist organization Al-Qaeda in Turkey.
Twelve suspects who were called for the second day of hearing were brought to Istanbul DGM. Another twelve suspects were also brought before the court for the first day of hearing on Monday. The first hearing is expected to last five days because the number of defendants has reached 69.
COURT REJECTS SUSPECTS` DEMANDS FOR RELEASE
Istanbul State Security Court (DGM) rejected demands for release from prison of twelve suspects against whom a lawsuit was filed in connection with four devastating truck bomb attacks on November 15 and 20, 2003 in Istanbul.
Istanbul DGM no: 2 delegation reiterated decision which was taken on Monday to suspend all the procedures in the lawsuit filed in connection with four devastating truck bomb attacks in Istanbul until the law on abolition of the DGMs enters into force.
Istanbul DGM also finished the second day of hearing on Tuesday.
Istanbul suffered a series of devastating suicide truck bomb attacks targeting Neve Shalom Synagogue and Beth Israel Synagogue on November 15, 2003 and on HSBC Bank headquarters and British Consulate General in Istanbul on November 20, 2003 in which 61 people were killed and more than 700 people were injured. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for those attacks. Turkish police captured 69 people in connection with the suicide attacks.
(EÖ-AÖ) 01.06.2004