Turkey: Explosion hits Istanbul’s main tourist district

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Reports: several injured in explosion in Istanbul

ISTANBUL (AP) — An explosion at Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet district, which is popular with tourists, has injured several people on Tuesday, Turkish media reports said.

The cause of the explosion was not immediately known.

Private NTV television said the explosion was close to a park that is home to a landmark obelisk. The state-run Anadolu Agency says several police and medics were sent to the area.

Police sealed the area, barring people from approaching in case of a second explosion.

The Sultanahmet neighborhood is Istanbul's main sight-seeing area and includes the Topkapi Palace and Blue Mosque.

Turkey suffered two major bombing attacks last year.

More than 30 people were killed in an Islamic State suicide attack in the town of Suruc, near Turkey's border with Syria, in July.

Two suicide bombs in October outside Ankara's main train station as people gathered for a peace rally killed more than 100 people. It was Turkey's deadliest attack. The prosecutor's office said the attack was carried out by a local Islamic State cell.


-- (c) Associated Press 2016-01-12

[Jonathan Fairfield]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=WKqsymCTPyU

[Mr Moo]

Being a bit of a conspiracy theorist I just wonder what the odds are that someone in Turkish government ordered this to distract attention from the open support being given to ISIS by some in the Turkish government??

Just saying.

[steven100]

I think at least 10 people killed ..... sad .... and I did like Istanbul ...

more crazy muslims.

[Prbkk]

I think at least 10 people killed ..... sad .... and I did like Istanbul ...

more crazy muslims.

I was staying in this exact location 2 weeks ago and the tension was palpable, in fact across the whole of the city. I've always felt safe in Istanbul but I guess the same could be said for Paris

[snoop1130]

Turkey: Explosion hits Istanbul’s main tourist district
Euronews



TURKEY -- An explosion has struck Istanbul’s central Sultanahmet Square, the heart of the city’s old town and a major tourist attraction.

The Istanbul governor’s office has said at least 10 people have been killed and 15 wounded.

Video footage shows bodies on the ground of the square, which is close to the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, a major tourist area.

Turkish TV stations have been reporting casualties, saying there are a number of dead and injured.

Tourists from Germany and Norway are said to be among the wounded.

Germany’s Foreign Minister is advising tourists in the city to avoid crowded areas.

The cause of the explosion, which happened at 10.20 local time, is not immediately clear.

Reports have suggested it may have been the work of a suicide bomber although this has not been confirmed.

Witnesses reported hearing a loud blast and police and ambulances have been seen at the scene.

The area has been sealed off, to prevent people from approaching in the event of a second explosion.

Turkey has been on high alert in recent months. Violence in the southeast of the country has risen since a ceasefire between the state andKurdish militants ended.

A bomb in Ankara in October was blamed by the government on ISIL.

Source: http://www.euronews.com/2016/01/12/explosion-in-istanbul-s-central-sultanahmet-square-turkish-media-report-some/

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-01-12

[MobileContent]

Unconfirmed reports say up to 7 Germans perished in the bombing.

Turkey is quick to blame ISIS but I am not so sure about it. Could be PKK as well.

Edited January 12, 2016 by MobileContent

[pmugghc]

Could it be Putin's revenge?

[mpa]

...what the odds are that someone in Turkish government...

Could it be Putin's revenge?

I 'd go with the 1st, cannot exclude the 2nd though...

[OMGImInPattaya]

Hard to believe, Islam being a religion of peace and all.

This news tidbit made me chuckle..."Mr. Erdogans remarks included an extended critique of foreign scholars and writers, including Noam Chomsky, for criticism of his government.[NYT]" The old-boy must really be getting under the skin of this theocratic autocrat for Turkey's treatment of the Kurds...way to go Noam ?

And from the same report, this doosy from the German foreign minister:

"Travelers in Istanbul are urgently advised to temporarily avoid crowds, even on public squares and outside tourist attractions... One has to continue to expect political tensions, violent confrontations and terrorist attacks across the country.

Seems to me the same could apply to Germany as well.

Edited January 12, 2016 by OMGImInPattaya

[DejanD]

Where are the "Pray for Turkey" pictures?

Edited January 12, 2016 by DejanD

[i claudius]

Not those peaceful Muslims again? Now how is that integration with the western population working out?

[Linky]

Not those peaceful Muslims again? Now how is that integration with the western population working out?

You are right, it wasnt those peaceful muslims, it was terrorists.

[mopar71]

I think at least 10 people killed ..... sad .... and I did like Istanbul ...

more crazy muslims.

Are you sure you aren't jumping to conclusions?? Please wait for a complete investigation..after all, it could be crazy Christians. Remember the Spanish Inquisition and the Crusades!

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Turkey blames ISIL for bomb in Istanbul’s tourist heart
By Alasdair Sandford | With REUTERS



Explosion in Istanbul tourist district
At least ten killed, 15 injured
Erdogan says Syrian suicide bomber suspected
Eight of the dead were German nationals

Erdogan: “Bomb blast was a suicide attack by a Syrian attacker

ISTANBUL: -- The Turkish government is blaming an ISIL suicide bomber from Syria for the carnage that left at least 10 people dead and 15 injured in a blast in Istanbul on Tuesday morning.

It happened in the heart of the Turkish city’s tourist district, close to the Blue Mosque in Sultanahmet Square. The prime minister has said all those killed were foreign nationals; Germany has confirmed that eight of its nationals were among the dead.

A Peruvian man was killed and a woman injured, according to the country’s foreign ministry.

The injured are said to include a Norwegian and a South Korean.

President Erdogan has condemned the attack and strongly denounced government critics as siding with the terrorists.

In Washington the White House and the State Department condemned the attack. A spokesman for the National Security Council said the US stood by its NATO ally Turkey, pledging “our ongoing cooperation and support in the fight against terrorism”.

Russia’s foreign ministry said the Istanbul attack confirmed the need for countries to join forces urgently to battle terrorism. President Putin has been pushing for an over-arching international coalition against Islamist militants in Syria and elsewhere.

Earlier, the German foreign ministry tweeted to advise travellers in Istanbul to avoid crowds provisionally.

At least one German tourist operator has given its customers the choice of cancelling booked trips to Istanbul. TUI, which says it had ten German tourists in the Turkish city on Tuesday who were not affected by the attack, said its clients could cancel or change bookings made until January 18.

Erdogan condemns attack and critics

Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said the bomber was thought to have recently entered the country from Syria and was not on Turkey’s watch list of suspected militants.

The Turkish government convened an emergency security meeting in the capital Ankara, chaired by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned what he described as a terrorist attack. He went on to tell a gathering of diplomats in Ankara that Turkey was the number one target in the region for terrorism.

In a lengthy attack on “intellectuals” and those who criticise Turkey’s human rights record, he said either people were with the government fighting terrorists including ISIL and the Kurdish PKK, or they were on the side of “those with bombs and guns” and would be “punished”.

A broadcast ban on the events was imposed by the Turkish authorities – which was then blamed in some quarters for adding to the confusion.

There were reports that police at the scene prevented journalists from taking photos because of the ban.

The context

Amid rising violence and tension, the government has been engaged on several fronts. It blamed ISIL for bomb blasts in Ankara in October that killed over 100. More than 30 people died in an attack near the Syrian border in July.

It has also been battling Kurdish militants in the southeast following the breakdown of a ceasefire, as well as smaller groups elsewhere.

Istanbul has suffered relatively small scale attacks – at least one blamed on a left wing political group.

But Tuesday’s atrocity, the latest of several in Europe and north Africa to apparently target Western tourists, is on another dimension.


-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-01-13

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Germany’s Merkel offers condolences to families of Istanbul bomb victims



"Terrorists are the enemies of freedom."

BERLIN: -- “Terrorists are the enemies of freedom:” a powerful statement from German Chancellor Angela Merkel following the suicide bomb attack in the Turkish city of Istanbul.

She offered her condolences to the families of those who died, the majority of whom were German.

“Today it (terror) hit Istanbul,” she said. “Before that, it hit Paris, Copenhagen, Tunis and so many other places.

“International terrorism chooses different places for its attacks. But its target is always the same: our freedom in a free society.

“However, it’s exactly this freedom and our determination to fight against those terrorists alongside our international partners, which will prevail.”

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-01-13

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Timeline of terrorism in Turkey



Turkey is involved in regional and national conflicts.

It has been the target of numerous attacks by different groups in the recent past.

Here are some of the most significant:

October 10, 2015 – Two suicide bombers detonate their vests during a
rally of pro-Kurdish and left-wing activists in Ankara. At least 102 are killed and 248 injured in the deadliest attack of its kind in modern Turkish history.

July, 20, 2015 – 33 people are killed and 104 injured when a bomb exploded in Suruç during a meeting of left-wing activists. The organisations were announcing their trip to go and help rebuild the Syrian border town of Kobani, besieged by Islamic State fighters. ISIL later claimed responsibility for the attacks.

January 6, 2015 – A pregnant female suicide bomber blows herself up in the tourist area of Sultanahmet near the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia. She was later identified as Diana Ramazova, a Chechen-Russian citizen from Dagestan. Her bomb killed one police officer and injured another.

May 11, 2013 – Two car bombs explode in the city of Reyhanlı, 5 km fron the Syrian border, killing at least 51 and injuring 140. No one claims responsibility for the attacks and suspects range from the Syrian government and jihadi groups to a Turkish Marxist group.

February 11, 2013 – A Syrian-registered minivan explodes on the Turkish side of the Bal al-Hawa border crossing. The car bomb kills 13 and wounds 28. The Turkish government labels the event “a terrorist act”.

August, 20 2012 – Bombs explode in Gaziantiep during the celebration for the end of the month of Ramadan. Ten people are killed, more 64 wounded. There were no claims of responsibility.

September 20, 2011 – A car bomb explodes in a street in the capital, Ankara, near a neighbourhood housing government buildings, killing four people and wounding 15. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks claim responsibility

October 31, 2010 – A suicide bomb blast on Taksim Square in Istanbul injures 32 people, including 15 police officers.

July 27, 2008 – At least 17 people are killed and over 150 wounded in two explosions in the Gungoren shopping district of Istanbul, which the city’s governor describes as “terror attacks”.

July 9, 2008 – Three police officers and three gunmen are killed in an attack on the entrance of the US consulate in Istanbul. The US ambassador to Turkey condemns it as “an obvious act of terrorism” aimed at his country.

September 12, 2006 – A bomb blast kills 10 people, eight of them children, near a park in Diyarbakir, the largest city of Turkey’s restive, mainly Kurdish southeast region.

June 25, 2006 – A blast tears through a tourist area about 100 km east of the southern resort of Antalya, killing four and injuring 28. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), a group liked to the PKK, claims responsibility.


-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-01-13

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Istanbul blast: “I thought there was an earthquake”



ISTANBUL: -- Turkish police have made clear the attack could have been much more devastating if the square, also known as the Hippodrome of Constantinople, had been densely packed at the time of the explosion.

Our correspondent in Istanbul spoke to eyewitnesses in the immediate aftermath of the blast.

“I thought there was an earthquake… the ground was shaking. We saw dead bodies and other people who were injured lying on the ground. After a few minutes police came and cordoned off the area. Ambulances arrived. Everyone was panicking,” said one man.

Other tourists were unaware of the extent or effects of the explosion.

“I don’t know so much.. Because.. I feel okay because I don’t know so much but now you told me that they died, ten persons, so I feel worried,” said Oscar, a Spanish tourist.

Nearby popular tourist sites, like Hagia Sophia and the Basilica Cistern have been closed until further notice.


-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-01-13

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Turkey assesses security after Istanbul suicide bomb



ISTANBUL -- Tuesday morning’s suicide bomb in Istanbul came as Turkey was still in shock after last October’s attacks in Ankara, which killed more than 100 people.

Euronews correspondent in Istanbul, Bora Bayraktar, reported from Sultanahmet Square, close to the scene of the blast – and gave Melis Özoğlu an update of the latest information.

Bora Bayraktar, Istanbul:
“Melis, right after the attack, police cordoned off the area. Crime scene investigators are now about to complete their examination which lasted for hours.

“This morning a suicide bomber blew himself up. Eyewitnesses say that there was a “very strong smell of gunpowder and smoke” in the area after the blast. They are also saying that the impact of the explosion caused the ground to shake.

“The explosion was heard not just in the area itself but many neighbouring districts. According to witness statements the bomber blew himself up near a group of tourists.”

Melis Özoğlu, euronews:
“Foreign officials are warning their nationals in Turkey to stay away from public places and crowded areas. As far as you can see, how is the atmosphere among foreigners in Turkey?”

Bora Bayraktar, Istanbul:
“To be honest, straight after the attack, I walked to Sultanahmet Square. I saw lot of tourists still wandering around the place. If you didn’t think about the attack itself, it seemed as if it had never happened. There are lots of tourists around the place right now, but we should also mention that the attack has only recently happened.

“Perhaps, in the coming days with the effects of these warnings, the number of tourists planning to visit Turkey may decline. But we need to underline that terror threats have spread globally. Therefore no matter where you go, its not easy to escape this threat.”

Melis Özoğlu, euronews:
“Lastly, the capital Ankara has increased its vigilance after the attack and the authorities held an emergency security meeting. What will be the government’s next step following this event?”

Bora Bayraktar, Istanbul:
“Melis as you know, since last July’s attacks at Suruç (near the Syrian border), followed by the Ankara bombings, Turkey has taken important steps. In particular security measures have been tightened in order to prevent terrorists entering Turkey from Syria. Border security has been boosted. Electronic control systems have been introduced. And also Syrians who enter Turkey from third countries need visas.

“This attack happened just before the US Vice President is due to visit. I guess Turkey will step up diplomatic efforts and ask for help from other countries in the fight against terrorism.”


-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-01-13

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Suicide bomber kills 10, wounds 15 in Istanbul tourist area
By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER

ISTANBUL (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated a bomb in the heart of Istanbul's historic district on Tuesday, killing 10 foreigners — most of them German tourists — and wounding 15 other people in the latest in a string of attacks by the Islamic extremists targeting Westerners.

The blast, just steps from the historic Blue Mosque and a former Byzantine church in the city's storied Sultanahmet district, was the first by IS to target Turkey's vital tourism sector, although IS militants have struck with deadly effect elsewhere in the country.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the bomber was a member of IS and pledged to battle the militant group until it no longer "remains a threat" to Turkey or the world.

Davutoglu described the assailant as a "foreign national," and Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said he was a Syrian citizen born in 1988. However, the private Dogan news agency said the bomber was Saudi-born. Kurtulmus said the attacker was believed to have recently entered Turkey from Syria and was not among a list of potential bombers wanted by Turkey.

"Turkey won't backtrack in its struggle against Daesh by even one step," Davutoglu said, referring to IS by its Arabic acronym. "This terror organization, the assailants and all of their connections will be found and they will receive the punishments they deserve."

Eight Germans were among the dead and nine others were wounded, some seriously, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters in Berlin. The nationalities of the two others killed in the blast were not immediately released, but both were foreigners. The wounded also included citizens of Norway, Peru, South Korea and Turkey.

Turkey's state-run news agency said Davutoglu held a telephone conversation with German chancellor Angela Merkel to express his condolences.

"I strongly condemn the terror incident that occurred in Istanbul, at the Sultanahmet Square, and which has been assessed as being an attack by a Syria-rooted suicide bomber," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

Merkel pledged Germany would continue its fight against terrorism.

"Today Istanbul was the target, before Paris, Copenhagen, Tunis, and so many other areas," she told reporters in Berlin. "International terror changes the places of its attacks but its goal is always the same — it is our free life, in free society. The terrorists are the enemies of all free people, indeed, the enemies of all humanity, whether in Syria or Turkey, in France or Germany."

The impact of Tuesday's attack, while not as deadly as two others last year, was particularly far-reaching because it struck at Turkey's $30 billion tourism industry, which has already suffered from a steep decline in Russian visitors since Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border in November.

Its apparent links to Syria also threatened to have implications in a country that is already dealing with more than 2 million Syrian refugees and a wave of migrants from Syria and other countries pouring across Turkey to Europe.

"By striking in the heart of Istanbul's old city, which has many ... tourists, but few Turks, (IS) is targeting Turkey's lucrative tourism industry," said Soner Cagaptay, an expert on Turkey at the Washington Institute.

Cagaptay said that by targeting Germans, Islamic extremists also seemed to be aiming to heighten an anti-refugee backlash in Europe and deepen the anti-Islam sentiment there.

"This attack will, unfortunately, drive further backlash against German Chancellor Merkel's pro-Syrian refugee policy," Cagaptay said in e-mailed comments.

The explosion, which could be heard in several neighborhoods, was at a park that is home to a landmark obelisk some 25 yards (meters) from the Blue Mosque. Nearby monuments include the Ottoman-era Topkapi Palace and the former Byzantine church of Haghia Sophia, now a museum.

Berlin travel agent Lebenslust Touristik said that "many people" that it had booked on a tour were among the dead and wounded. Overall there were 33 people on the tour, the agency said, adding that it was working closely with the German Foreign Ministry to help the victims and their families.

Among the wounded was Jostein Nielsen, a 59-year-old Salvation Army officer from Norway who was sightseeing with his wife when the bomb went off, striking him in the knee with shrapnel.

"I first heard a bang that I think is what detonated the bomb," Nielsen told Norway's TV2, speaking from his hospital bed. "After that came the real bang. ... There were human remains all over the place."

Erdem Koroglu, who was working at a nearby office, told NTV television he saw several people on the ground following the blast.

"It was difficult to say who was alive or dead," Koroglu said. "Buildings rattled from the force of the explosion."

Halil Ibrahim Peltek, a shopkeeper near the area of the blast told The Associated Press it had "an earthquake effect."

"There was panic because the explosion was violent," he said.

The Islamic State group has repeatedly threatened Western targets, with its first major attacks claimed a year ago in Paris on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper and a kosher supermarket.

Two attacks last year targeting a major museum and beach resort in Tunisia left scores dead, nearly all Western tourists. IS also claimed the downing of a Russian jetliner carrying Russian tourists from the Eygptian beach resort of Sharm el-Sheikh that killed all 224 on board.

In the case of Tunisia and Egypt, the response of many Western governments was to issue safety warnings for citizens considering travel to the countries, which rely heavily on tourism revenues. Turkey is equally reliant on tourism, and Istanbul has been among the world's most visited cities.

Last year, Turkey agreed to take a more active role in the U.S.-led battle against the IS group. It has opened it bases to U.S. aircraft to launch air raids on the extremist group in Syria and has carried out a limited number of strikes on the group itself.

It has also moved to tighten security along its 900-kilometer (560-mile) border with Syria in a bid to stem the flow of militants.

In Washington, U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby condemned Tuesday's attack and pledged to work with Turkey to combat the Islamic State group. "The United States reaffirms our strong commitment to work with Turkey, a NATO ally and valued member" of the coalition fighting IS "to combat the shared threat of terrorism," Kirby said in a statement.

The attack comes at a time of heightened violence between Turkey's security forces and militants linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in the country's mostly Kurdish southeast.

Turkey suffered two major bombing attacks last year, both blamed on the Islamic State group.

More than 30 people were killed in a suicide attack in the town of Suruc, near Turkey's border with Syria, in July. In October, two suicide bombs exploded outside Ankara's main train station as people gathered for a peace rally, killing more than 100 in Turkey's deadliest-ever attack. .

Last month, Turkish authorities arrested two suspected IS militants they said were planning suicide bombings during New Year's celebrations in the capital, Ankara.
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Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey. Associated Press writers Lefteris Pitarakis in Istanbul, David Rising, Frank Jordans, Kirsten Grieshaber and Geir Moulson in Berlin, Lori Hinnant in Paris, and Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, contributed to this report.


-- (c) Associated Press 2016-01-13

[daveAustin]

I think at least 10 people killed ..... sad .... and I did like Istanbul ...

more crazy muslims.

Are you sure you aren't jumping to conclusions?? Please wait for a complete investigation..after all, it could be crazy Christians. Remember the Spanish Inquisition and the Crusades!

Yes, both are ancient history, we've moved on right? But of course it could be anyone, maybe those dastardly, nutty Buddhists... Stroll on!

[arjunadawn]

Is anyone really surprised? Every day, every page, every paper, every region, nearly every country... its the same thing throughout planet earth. Only when governments/media/apologists isolate a single story, a single gunman, a single city, a single bomber, etc., can they begin to craft some sophistry and imagine a motive, a purpose, a grievance; perhaps a disconnected lone operator, 1. Troubles at work 2. Climate Change 3. No jobs 4. Being picked on 5. Political dissatisfaction, etc. Always an excuse, never a context, always detached from a collective background. But these stories and the utterly ridiculous defenses are being generated throughout the world non stop, every day, in response to this third islamic jihad. The incongruent defenses for islamic jihad are increasingly so absurd as to eclipse the horrific acts themselves. Example. See Philly Mayor recently.

But people are now sick of this tired fantasy that there is no glue binding this macabre parade of death; that the endless column of islamic jihadists claiming they kill in the name of religion are all somehow wrong- smart enough to pull of tactically complex attacks but too dumb to know what they believe in. Of course there is a binding glue to all these connected and disparate jihadis; listen to what they are telling us!

People are actually growing impatient and downright offended both by the unrelenting attacks on our cultures and persons and the gross complicity of the self loathing Left opening our City Gates, offering sustenance to avowed enemies in the form of media, disinformation, misinformation, and dissembling effectively enough to obfuscate any efforts to defend the West. People are sick of being attacked. People are sick of being attacked by their own governments because they are sick of being attacked. There is now a constant unrelenting march of attacks across the world... non stop, every day, every where. Every single day people in the West are losing their Liberty because of these scumbags in government, and the jihadis!

People at this point who cannot see the two threat before them quite frankly evidence the very dullness that natural history would never choose in a survivor.

[JemJem]

Turkey, my country, will keep paying a heavy price for having an Islamofascist regime.

I am so sick of these barbarians ruling my country.

Are the local and Euro leaders now sorry to initially support these barbarians as 'moderate Muslims' ? Probably not. For example, they still haven't kicked Turkey out of NATO. Can't they see that Erdogan supports the jihadis of Syria ?!

Islamism always brings destruction ! Lesson learned ? I am afraid not.

[Travelman868]

*OP edited out*

The Kurds are the only people who have been battling IS, Turkey have taken advantage of this and attacked the Kurds while their backs were turned.

Edited January 13, 2016 by Scott

[snoop1130]

‘Three Russians held’ in new Turkish raids after Istanbul bomb
Euronews



TURKEY -- Turkish police have said to have made more than a dozen arrests of suspected ISIL members or sympathisers, in fresh raids around the country following Tuesday’s suicide bombing in Istanbul.

They include three Russians who were detained in the southern province of Antalya.

Another six alleged recruits were held in Izmir on the Aegean – where police reportedly seized guns – while four suspected sympathisers were picked up in central Turkey.

The operation came on top of raids on Tuesday in which around 60 suspected Islamists were arrested. It’s unclear whether there was a link with the Istanbul bombing.

The attack on tourists is seen as a direct challenge to the state.

“The target was Turkey. They did this to damage the Turkish economy. It was a deliberate attack,” said one Istanbul resident.

“Of course this will affect tourism. They come to visit our country and ten people die. Would you like to come to this city again if it were you?” another man added

There were still some visitors to Sultanahmet Square on Wednesday morning – as well as reminders of the suicide attack which killed 10 people, mostly German visitors.

Turkey says the bomber was a Syrian member of ISIL, of Saudi origin.

President Erdogan says the country, which joined the international coalition against the Islamists last summer, was the top target for all terrorist groups in the region.

Source: http://www.euronews.com/2016/01/13/three-russians-held-in-new-turkish-raids-after-istanbul-bomb/

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-01-13

[Credo]

Oh, oh, 3 Russians in the mix? That could prove to be interesting.

[Tchooptip]

Not those peaceful Muslims again? Now how is that integration with the western population working out?

You are right, it wasnt those peaceful muslims, it was terrorists.

Slight hitch , now "your" peaceful Muslim could mutate into a terrorist in matter of second