ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A top Turkish court on Wednesday overturned a life sentence imposed on a sociologist for an alleged role in a 1998 explosion, the latest twist in a case highlighting concerns about judicial independence.
Pinar Selek was charged with planting a bomb in Istanbul's Ottoman-era Spice Bazaar, which killed seven people and wounded more than 100, in July 1998, but was released two and a half years later after experts concluded the blast had been caused by the accidental ignition of a gas cylinder.
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