<div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">An Iraqi court sentenced 16 Turkish women to death by hanging for joining Islamic State.&nbsp;</span></div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>A judiciary spokesman on Sunday said the central criminal court issued the sentences after it was proven they belong to the Daesh terrorist group.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Judge Abdul-Sattar al-Birqdar said the women also confessed to marrying Daesh elements or providing members of the group with logistical aid or helping them carry out terrorist attacks.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>He said, all the verdicts can be appealed.</div>