Tuyrkey: Defendant in Adana suicide bomber incident sentenced to dea

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TDN: March, 26

Defendant in Adana suicide bomber incident sentenced to death

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Ankara - Turkish Daily News

Bayram Yaruk, one of the defendants accused of inciting suicide bomber
Leyla Kaplan who killed four people in Adana, three of whom were
policemen, was sentenced to death on Wednesday.

Thirteen defendants were present at the trial in the State Security
Court in Adana. Attorneys for the defendants claimed their clients
were innocent and asked for their acquittal. The accused themselves
denied all charges against them and demanded their release.

The court announced its verdict following a ten-minute recess at the
end of testimony. Bayram Yaruk received the death penalty and Ibrahim
Aksoy was sentenced to life in prison.

Other defendants convicted in the case include Imam Dulcek, who was
sentenced to 15 years in prison; Nezir Tas, who was given 12 years and
6 months and Mustafa Aydin, Hamza Pirinc, Abdullah Ulku and Agit
Timur, who were each given sentences of three years and nine months.
The remaining defendants were acquitted.

After the verdict was announced, the convicted defendants chanted
slogans in favor of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
 
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