Synagogue suspect charged

A man suspected of plotting a suicide bomb attack on a Turkish synagogue was charged with attempting to overthrow the country's "constitutional order by force".

The charge, which amounts to treason, is punishable by life in prison.

The alleged plot leader in one of four deadly Istanbul suicide bombings this month was captured while trying to slip into Iran with a fake passport, police said.

The charge used to carry the death penalty but now is punished by life imprisonment after Turkey abolished executions as part of reforms designed to improve its chances of joining the European Union.

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