Sentences requested in Halil Falyalı murder case announced
The final opinion has been presented in the Istanbul trial regarding the murder of illegal betting baron Halil Falyalı and his driver Murat Demirtaş in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).
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A new development has occurred in the Istanbul trial concerning the murder of Halil Falyalı—whom organized crime leader Sedat Peker alleged was at the center of a money laundering network derived from narcotics in Cyprus—and his driver, Murat Demirtaş. In his final opinion, the trial prosecutor requested that the defendants be sentenced to two counts of aggravated life imprisonment each for the crime of 'premeditated murder'.