They called for the eight-year term for the presumed leader of the French wing of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Front (DHKP-C) as well as against the treasurer.

They called for lesser terms against the other defendants.

Since 1976, the DHKP-C has been blamed for numerous attacks against the Turkish state that have left dozens of people dead, including two retired generals and a former justice minister.

The Front is banned in Turkey and figures on the European Union's list of terrorist organisations.

Prosecutors also demanding the dissolving of a cultural association which they said served as a front for the DHKP-C's operations in France.

The trial is due to end on Thursday.