A Turkish court on Friday sentenced seven suspected Al-Qaeda militants to life in prison for the deadly 2003 bombings in Istanbul. The defendants, were among 73 suspects standing trial for their alleged involvement in the attacks on 15 November and 20 November, 2003, which killed 58 people and targeted two synagogues, the British consulate and a London-based bank.
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The person in the picture is the local Chabad Rov, Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, who bihashgacah protis had a bar mitzvah in another shul the Shabbos of the bombing and therefore was not present went the shul was bombed.