A Turkish court sentenced seven suspected al Qaida militants to life in prison for the deadly 2003 bombings in Istanbul.

Lawyers for suspected members of a Turkish al Qaida cell will make their closing arguments today in the Istanbul bombing trial.

The trial of 69 suspected members of a Turkish al-Qaida cell charged in a string of November suicide bombings in Istanbul opened today, but the court quickly ruled that it did not have the authority to hear the case and that any judgment would have to come before another court.

Dozens of suspected members of a Turkish al-Qaida cell were going on trial in Istanbul today accused over a series of suicide bombings in the city that killed 61 people including the British Consul-General.

A Turkish court today filed terrorism charges against a Turk who reportedly confessed to recruiting suicide bombers and preparing the truck bombs that killed 62 in Istanbul last month.