Turkey :PKK is the responsible for the double blasts in Istanbul

Interior Minister of Turkey has stated after important investigations that PKK terrorists have been caught in Istanbul. All of the responsible, supporters and organizers of the double bomb attacks have been arrested and the exact number and the information on their identities are still not declared to the press. It is stated that they are responsible for the blast which killed 17 people on last Sunday in Istanbul. 150 people were also wounded in the terrorist attack.

According to the online news of Hurriyet newspaper, Interior Minister of Besir Atalay stated; "Our judgment is that this merciless attack was the work of the bloody separatist group.”

On the day of the attack, terrorists placed their two bombs in the rubbish bins in the vivid street of the Gungoren region in Istanbul and they activated the bombs with a remote system worked with mobile phone. It is stated that the order of the attack was given from the Kandil Mountain which is known as base for the terrorist activities in the north of Iraq against Turkey.

PKK is a terrorist organisation which is recognized as so by US, EU and many other countries in the world and PKK killed more than 30.000 people since 1984 to 2008.

Note: Besir Atalay, Interior Minister of Turkey on the photo. It is taken from www.sestv.com.tr

Gokhan KURTARAN