Dozens of Turkish Jews cried and recited Tefillos on Wednesday outside two Shuls to commemorate the third anniversary of two suicide bomb attacks blamed on a Turkish al-Qaida cell.

Local officials, religious leaders and family gathered in the streets outside the rebuilt Neve Shalom and Beth Israel synagogues in Istanbul.

The synagogues were targeted on Nov. 15, 2003 and similar attacks on the British Consulate and the local headquarters of HSBC bank followed just five days later. A total of 58 people died, along with four suicide bombers.

The walls of both synagogues were fortified against bomb attacks following the explosions, police said.

More than 70 suspected al-Qaida militants are currently on trial for their alleged roles in the truck bombings, though suspected ringleaders have fled the country and some reportedly died in Iraq while fighting U.S. forces, according to police.

One of them, Loa’i Mohammad Haj Bakr al-Saqa, who is accused of being the mastermind behind the suicide bombings is facing life sentence.

A prosecutor on Tuesday demanded life imprisonment for him. He’s also charged with giving Turkish militants about US$170,000 to carry them out.

The prosecutor also asked the court to imprison al-Saqa’s alleged accomplice, Syrian Hamid Obysi.