A total of 10 aggravated life sentences have been given to three
militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) who staged
an attack in the Ulukışla district of the Central Anatolian province of
Niğde in 2014.
The Niğde Criminal Court of Serious Crimes
sentenced Benjamin Xu to four aggravated life sentences, 179 years and
six months in prison and a 225,000-Turkish Lira fine.
A second
militant, Çendrim Ramadani, was given five aggravated life sentences and
174 years and six months in prison along with a 225,000-lira fine,
while Mohammad Zakiri, a Macedonian citizen, was given an aggravated
life sentence and 124 years and six months in prison along with the same
fine.
The other militant, Fuad Mövsümöv of Azerbaijan, was given 13 years and nine months in prison.
The
court also ordered the acquittal of the other defendants, K.Ö., H.Y.,
K.Y., and A.Y. It also separated the file of Mehmet Aşkar, who faces 15
years for “being a member of an armed organization.”
