Iraqi Court Sentences Turkish Woman to Death for Joining ISIS

Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters gather next to a mural showing the emblem of ISIS on April 1 in Tikrit, after retaking the city from ISIS. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images

BAGHDAD—An Iraqi court has sentenced a Turkish woman to death by hanging for joining ISIS, a spokesman for the criminal court in Baghdad said in a statement on Monday.

Ten other women of various nationalities were sentenced to life in prison, he said. All the verdicts can be appealed.