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The Grand Turk
Turkey charges 17 suspects over Istanbul explosion
2022-11-19
[Rudaw] Ottoman Turkish court on Friday charged 17 of the suspects detained for their alleged involvement in the recent deadly attack in Istanbul, including a Syrian woman believed to be the main perpetrator of the earth-shattering kaboom, according to state media.

A TNT-laden bomb went kaboom! in Istanbul’s bustling Istiklal Avenue on Sunday, killing six people and injuring 81 others, according to official figures. Police arrested 49 people, including a 23-year-old Syrian woman named Ahlam Albashir whom the authorities claim is the main perpetrator of the earth-shattering kaboom.

The suspects were tried for the first time on Friday and were questioned by 29 public prosecutors in Istanbul. The country’s criminal court ordered to send 17 of these people to jail, including Albashir, release three on bail and deport the remaining 29, reported Anadolu Agency.

No information about the 29 suspects who face deportation has been provided.

All the suspects are accused of "destroying the unity and integrity of the state," "deliberate killing," "deliberately attempting to kill" and "deliberately aiding murder."

Anadolu Agency reported on Wednesday that Ottoman Turkish forces arrested a man, codenamed Husam, in Azaz city which is controlled by Ankara and its Syrian proxies. He is believed to have helped Albashir in carrying out the attack.

Ottoman Turkish authorities have blamed the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) which controls northeast Syria (Rojava) for the earth-shattering kaboom but the group has denied any responsibility.

The state media claimed that Husam is a member of the YPG and moved from Syria to Istanbul one year ago, adding that he managed to flee The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
 while police were chasing him.
Shafaq News adds:
The detainees were among a group of almost 50 people Istanbul police had rounded up earlier this week after the attack, and include the suspected bomber, which police identified as Syrian national Ahlam Albashir.

Anadolu said the others detainees included the person who drove the bomber, and others the authorities have accused of "murder with a bomb" and "disrupting the unity and integrity of the state". More than half the suspects detained were to be deported, the agency reported.
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