Turkey approves 40 life sentences for Masharipov

The Turkish Supreme Court has upheld the 2020 conviction of Abdulkadir Masharipov, who killed 39 people at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul in 2017. He was sentenced to 40 life sentences and 1,368 years in prison on each count.

Abdulkadir Masharipov was found guilty of the 2017 attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul , which left 39 people dead.

Turkey's Supreme Court has upheld the 40 life sentences handed down in 2020 to Abdulkadir Masharipov, who killed 39 people at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul in 2017. According to CNN Turk, the court reviewed the convict's appeals and ruled that the sentences were not unlawful.

Masharipov was found guilty of 39 murders and 79 attempted murders. In September 2020, the court sentenced him to 40 life sentences with aggravating circumstances and 1,368 years in prison on each count.

The Supreme Court also considered the appeals of 31 other convicts involved in the club attack case who were serving various sentences. Their sentences were also upheld.

On the night of January 1, 2017, a terrorist attack at the Reina nightclub in the Ortaköy district of Istanbul killed 39 people, 16 of whom were foreigners, including a Russian woman. The victims included citizens of Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Libya and Israel. It was revealed that the attacker was Abdulkadir Masharipov, an Uzbek national, who was soon arrested in one of the districts of Istanbul. The Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack.