Photocatalysis is an emerging process for environmental remediation, and the innovation of new photocatalysts is of great importance. Sucrose extracted from sugar cane was mixed with Fe(NO₃)₃. Fe was incorporated in different percentages respective to the weight of sucrose as 1, 5, 7.5 and 10 %. The resulted paste pyrolyzed at 700 °C in an oxygen restricted environment.  Synthesized composites were characterized by X-ray diffractometry (XRD), Raman spectroscopy and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). Peaks correspond to amorphous carbon, and graphitic carbon appeared at 25 ° and 26.6 °, respectively, in the XRD patterns. Interlayer distances (0.337 nm) and the crystallite sizes (< 20 nm) confirm the formation of turbostratic carbon. The percentage of graphitic carbon increased with increasing Fe loading. Increasing crystallite size and the graphitic carbon percentage, with increasing Fe loading, indicate that more turbostratic carbon has formed with higher Fe concentrations. All XRD patterns show the presence of α-Fe₂O₃ as the dominant phase with Fe₃O₄ and Fe as the minor phases. Decrease in the intensity ratio, the ratio of area under the curve, the FWHM of D and G bands with increase Fe loading confirming that the degree of graphitization increased with increasing catalyst loading. The band gap measured by DRS of the synthesized composites decreased from 2.12 (1%) to 1.96 (10%) with increasing iron loading. The photocatalytic activity of the synthesized composites was investigated on the degradation of methylene blue under the exposure of sunlight. The highest photodegradation rate (0.0667 min^-1) was obtained with 10% Fe and the lowest resulted with amorphous carbon (0.0007 min^-1), while that of 1% Fe was 0.0047 min^-1.  Higher photocatalytic activities were obtained due to the effective charge separation facilitated by the presence of turbostratic carbon.