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Terrorism Suspects Face Trial for Istiklal Street Bombing

The trial of 36 defendants, including Ahlam Albashir, who allegedly dropped the bomb in the terrorist attack that took place in Beyoğlu Istiklal Street, began today. Fourteen detained defendants, including Albashir, were brought to the hearing in Marmara Prison’s hall, while the remaining 12 attended through the SEGBİS system. Albashir confessed that she had never been to school and could read but not write. When asked about her marital status, Albashir said she was divorced.

During the hearing, the presiding judge reminded Albashir that she had to read the indictment one week beforehand, and he would not take her defense if she failed to do so. Albashir said that she would defend herself later. The second defendant, Ahmad Alhajmwas, denied knowing Albashir and stated he was only hired to bring the defendants to Istanbul from Adana, with only ten men in his car at the time.

According to research by the Anti-Terrorism Department, Cemil Bayık and Hülya Oran, co-chairs of the organization that orchestrated and instructed the bomb attack, received a case order, along with Sabri Ok, Saliha Bişkin, and Velid Halil, members of the Rojova Secretariat, YPG and YPJ. Arrest warrants were also issued for Layika Gültekin and Fehman Hüseyin, who were responsible, Ferhat Abdi Şahin, responsible for the Syrian Democratic Forces, and Khalil Manja Hussein, who provided the logistical support of the action and coordinated the phase for the escape of the suspects.

The bomb attack took place on Istiklal Caddesi on 13 November 2022, killing six people and injuring 81. The indictment contains eight charges, including destroying the unity of the state and the integrity of the country, establishing or managing an armed terrorist organization, being a member of an armed terrorist organization, murdering a child by design and bombing, murder by design and bombing, attempted to kill a person by design, by bombing, and more. A public action against them was brought for crimes of possession, possession of dangerous goods without permission or exchange, and immigrant smuggling.

The suspect Ahlam Albashir was accused of various crimes against 99 people, and a total of seven aggravated life sentences and imprisonment from 1,949 years 6 months to 3 thousand 9 years were requested. Other suspects, including Cemil Bayık, received similar requests for life imprisonment of 1,938 years to 3 thousand 16 years and 6 months.

In the indictment prepared by the Terrorism and Organized Crime Bureau of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, it was revealed that six people lost their lives as a result of the bomb attack, and 99 people were injured, as well as many workplaces suffering material damage. Twenty-six suspects were arrested in total.

 

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