Prosecutors in the southern city of Adana are seeking life sentences for the suspects, two of whom are Syrian, after charging them with "murder with the use of bomb", the Dogan news agency reported on Wednesday.
The alleged criminal mastermind of the attacks, Mihrac Unal, is a former far-left myrmidon turned supporter of Syrian
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. He remains on the lam, though Turkish media reported he has lived in Syria for many years.
Eighteen of the 33 suspects were placed in pre-trial detention.
The boom-mobileing on May 11 in the town of Reyhanli, just a few kilometers from the main border crossing into Syria, left 52 dead.
Ankara swiftly pointed the finger at the Syrian intelligence services, a charge Damascus strongly denies.