Major bomb attacks in Turkey
Date
2/18/2016 3:07:10 AM
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Istanbul: Following is a list of the worst bomb attacks in Turkey since 1982:
- February 17 2016: At least five people are killed and 10 wounded in a car bombing targeting the Turkish military in the capital Ankara.
- January 12 2016: Eleven German tourists are killed and another 16 people wounded in a suicide attack by a Syrian bomber in Istanbul's Sultanahmet district the ancient tourist heart of the city.
- October 10 2015: 103 people are killed and more than 500 wounded in twin suicide bombings targeting a pro-Kurdish peace rally in Ankara the deadliest on Turkish soil. The government blames the Islamic State jihadist group.
- July 20 2015: 34 people are killed and about 100 injured in a suicide bombing in the predominantly-Kurdish town of Suruc near the border with Syria. Turkish officials blame IS.
- May 11 2013: A twin car bomb attack kills 52 people in Reyhanli near the Syrian border. Ankara blames pro-Damascus groups.
- February 11 2013: 17 people are killed when a Syrian minibus explodes in Reyhanli.
- July 27 2008: Two bombings in Istanbul leave 17 dead and 115 wounded. The authorities blame the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
- September 12 2006: Ten people including children are killed in a powerful bomb blast in Diyarbakir the largest city in the mainly Kurdish southeast. The PKK denies involvement.
- November 15 and 20 2003: Four suicide car bomb attacks in Istanbul hit two synagogues the British consulate and a branch of the British multinational bank HSBC leaving 63 dead including Britain's consul general and hundreds wounded. The attacks are claimed by Al-Qaeda and a Turkish extremist group named the Islamic Front of Raiders of the Great Orient.
- March 13 1999: Twelve are killed in a firebombing on an Istanbul shopping mall. The attack is claimed by the PKK which later retracts its statement.
- December 25 1991: Explosives and firebombs are hurled at an Istanbul department store killing 17 people and injuring 23. The attack is blamed on the PKK.
- September 6 1986: A twin suicide bombing claimed by Islamic Jihad kills 22 people at a synagogue in Istanbul.
- August 7 1982: A bomb at Ankara airport followed by a gun battle leaves 11 dead and 63 injured. The attack is claimed by the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA).
AFP