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EU inspired reforms delay Turkish terror trial

Pro-EU reforms have delayed the trial of almost 70 people in connection with a series of terrorist attacks in Istanbul last autumn.

It emerged yesterday (31 May) that the trial of 69 people suspected of involvement in the November 2003 attacks on two synagogues and later on the British Consulate and the offices of HSBC - a British-owned bank, has been put on hold.

Defence lawyers claimed that EU-inspired legislation put in place last month meant the Istanbul State Security Court ...

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