In Gungoren district of Istanbul, two bombs exploded and killed 17 civilians and 150 wounded by the terror attack took place around 22.00 in the vivid street of the district. Police is still working on finding information about the identities of the attackers and reach the correct information on which terror group since there had not been any extremist groups taking up one of the deadliest attack in last 5 years. Because of the attacks carries the similar patterns in the last 25 years, PKK is highly suspected to commit the crime against the civilians by the various authorities and public in Turkey.
Funerals took place in Istanbul at Fetih Mosque and Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek and Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler attended to prayer as well. Various protests against the PKK took place in the funerals.
Most of the witnesses of the event stated in the TV channels that the first bomb exploded and people enjoying the night out in the vivid street of the district came to help to wounded people in panic and gathered in the place of explosion. The second bomb, just after seven minutes then the first one, exploded with a great pressure breaking the walls and killing 17 people. 150 people are wounded in double bombs in the district. On 29th, there proud and silent answers of the civilians of the district to terror by hanging great Turkish flags hanging in every corner of the street.
The attacks are highly suspected to be organized PKK, after Turkish Army’s constant operation in the Northern Iraq which is know a base for PKK. It is widely believed that the operations are causing chaos in the terrorist group and turning the only “safe heaven” of the region a highly risky area. Turkish Army still continues the operations in the region in order to secure the borders of Turkey from any other terror attacks in the future.
Gokhan KURTARAN
Source of the photo: Taken from Hurriyet Newspaper,30th of July, internet issue.
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