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Turkey Related Subjects => Turkey Discussion Forum (Not Calis specifically) => Topic started by: JohnF on January 12, 2016, 09:35:52 AM

Title: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: JohnF on January 12, 2016, 09:35:52 AM: Explosion this morning in Sultanahmet Square, at least nine dead and many injured.

JF

Edit: For anyone who knows the area, it was in the middle of the square close to the large obelisk. Would have been busy with tourists and first reports suggest they are in the majority of casualties.
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: patrice on January 12, 2016, 09:49:31 AM: Dreadful just seen on the news
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: JohnF on January 12, 2016, 10:29:13 AM: Hearing reports that a "media ban" has been imposed. On the basis that every news agency in the world is running the story I really can't see what this will achieve, other than to make life difficult for local media and news agencies.

JF
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: alixandria on January 12, 2016, 10:37:13 AM: Has there ever been a terrorist attack anywhere near Calis/Fethiye?
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: JohnF on January 12, 2016, 10:50:23 AM: Closest significant incidents in recent years were probably the Kusadsi bus bombing in 2005 and the bombs in Marmaris in 2006.

JF
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: Scunner on January 12, 2016, 11:00:31 AM: There were bombs that was planted (and went off) in Fethiye in 1994. Thankfully no fatalities:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/tourist-hurt-in-turkish-blast-dies-1425346.html
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: JohnF on January 12, 2016, 11:38:52 AM: Bang goes my positive spin on Fethiye...

Just been announced that they security services believe it to have been a suicide bomber of Syrian origin.

JF
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: Scunner on January 12, 2016, 13:00:09 PM: Well that should narrow it down to several hundred thousand that they let cross the entire country unchecked.

I couldn't drive 40 minutes to Dalaman Airport without getting pulled in...
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: Hamlet on January 12, 2016, 13:54:25 PM: Quote from: JohnF on January 12, 2016, 10:29:13 AM
Hearing reports that a "media ban" has been imposed. On the basis that every news agency in the world is running the story I really can't see what this will achieve, other than to make life difficult for local media and news agencies.

JF

It was running on several of the TV channels showing in Fethiye around midday today.
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: KKOB on January 12, 2016, 14:29:42 PM: Based on the usual misinformation from RTE and his shoebox stuffers, it'll either be :

a) It didn't happen.
or
b) The Kurds did it.
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: kevin3 on January 12, 2016, 15:11:53 PM: It's reported on Sky that nine of the dead in the blast are German, so that's another sector of tourism that's likely to be hit.

The Turkish PM has named the bomber as a 28 yr old Syrian member of ISIL.!! Two speed detection rate I think.

Following the assassination of the top Human Rights lawyer Tahir Elci in Diyarbakir last year, all the evidence including CCTV

footage has been "lost". :( :(
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: JohnF on January 13, 2016, 13:10:16 PM: Turns out he was Saudi born and had registered with the authorities about a week ago. They identified him from a finger (he'd been fingerprinted when registering) that was still intact after the blast.

JF
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: KKOB on January 13, 2016, 13:51:57 PM: That was handy.
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: Liz 101 on January 13, 2016, 15:58:15 PM: Talk about pointing the finger ;)
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: kevin3 on January 13, 2016, 20:28:14 PM: He got nailed by one digit.
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: Lotty on January 13, 2016, 21:36:36 PM: That about thumbs it up then.. . . . ;)
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: Highlander on January 13, 2016, 21:45:07 PM: My thoughts are with family and friends of the 10 people killed.
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: Lotty on January 13, 2016, 22:14:36 PM: I'm sure all ours are too John. Merely wordplay no offence meant.
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: Scunner on January 14, 2016, 08:34:03 AM: Well would you believe it. People of which nation were behind the Istanbul bombings?

Russians??!!

http://www.todayszaman.com/diplomacy_turkey-detains-3-russians-suspected-of-isil-ties-after-i-stanbul-bomb_409517.html
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: littlereddevil on January 14, 2016, 08:53:19 AM: Can we believe this though?
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: kevin3 on January 14, 2016, 10:05:57 AM: I hope people never forget what caused the collapse of the ceasefire and peace talks.
Title: Re: Istanbul Bomb - numerous casualties
Post by: KKOB on January 14, 2016, 10:22:36 AM: What ceasefire and peace talks ?