2005 Kuşadası minibus bombing

Bombing in Kuşadası, Turkey Kuşadası bus bombing Kuşadası, Turkey Civilian passenger/tourist minibus 16 July 2005 Bombing 5 14 Kuşadası minibus bombing occurred on July 16, 2005, when a minibus carrying locals and tourists to the town's famous "Ladies Beach" exploded in Kuşadası, Turkey. Five people, four women and one man, were killed in the blast.The blast came six days after a bombing in the nearby town of Çeşme, which had left at least 20 people injured. Two months earlier, on 30 April, a police officer of Kuşadası, chief superintendent Yaşar Aykaç, had lost his life while he was trying to defuse, unprotected, a bomb placed in a plastic bag in the town square. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4688575.stm BBC News Turkish resort blast kills five BBC News 2006-07-16 The Kurdish group PKK was initially suspected of carrying out the bombing but they denied being involved in the attack.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4691755.stm BBC News Kurds 'deny' Turkey resort bomb BBC News 2006-07-16 A suspect was arrested in Istanbul on 8 April 2006. Victims Casualties included three Turkish nationals: Deniz Tutum (21), a native of Kuşadası on her way to work, Eda Okyay and Ufuk Yücedeniz, both 23 and fiancées on a weekend excursion from İzmir, and two tourists: Helyn Bennett (21), of County Durham, Englandhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4800812.stm BBC News Tourist terror victims 'deserted' BBC News 2006-03-13 and Tara Whelan (17), of Waterford, Ireland.https://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/18/turkey.blast/index.html CNN.com Tributes for Turkish blast victims CNN 2005-07-18The Tara Whelan who died at Kuşadası should not be confused with the British Telecom engineer of the same name, who died in a telegraph pole accident in Bristol in May 2001 and who made the headlines during the ensuing prosecution brought against her employer by the CWU and the verdict pronounced in 2006. http://www.cwu-cctv.org/article.php?articleid=145 CWU - Central Counties & Thames Valley BT Cleared Over Death of Engineer Tara Whelan CWU-CC&TV 2006-11-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20110725213833/http://www.cwu-cctv.org/article.php?articleid=145 2011-07-25 dead 2009-04-05 A total of fourteen people were injured, eight Turks and six British tourists. Seven people, including all but one of the British citizens, had their conditions judged serious enough to be transported to Ege University hospital in İzmir.http://ya2005.yeniasir.com.tr/07/17/index.php3?kat=ana&sayfa=ilks2&bolum=gunluk Terörün çirkin yüzü (The ugly face of terror) Yeni Asır, İzmir 2005-07-18 tr 2008-08-17 2009-10-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20091019135641/http://ya2005.yeniasir.com.tr/07/17/index.php3?kat=ana&sayfa=ilks2&bolum=gunluk dead Deniz Tutum's funeral in Kuşadası was transformed into a mass gathering of which moving accounts were made.http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/article141591.ece/Kist_van_Deniz_gaat_van_hand_tot_hand volkskrant.nl Kist van Deniz gaat van hand tot hand de Volkskrant 2005-07-19 nlhttp://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_1_19/07/2005_58768 ekathimerini.com Why Turkey should not enter northern Iraq seeking PKK Aimée Kiene Kathimerini 2005-07-19January 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Tara Whelan's funeral in her hometown as well as the aftermath for all concerned was covered with emphasis by the national media in Ireland.http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0721/turkey.html Funeral of bomb victim in County Waterford RTÉ 2005-07-21http://archives.tcm.ie/waterfordnews/2006/07/12/story22490.asp Life is empty for Whelan family without Tara Waterford News and Star 2006-07-12 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110622090247/http://archives.tcm.ie/waterfordnews/2006/07/12/story22490.asp 2011-06-22 A commemoration service was held for Helyn Bennett, along with other British bombing victims of 2005, in Southwark Cathedral.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5323362.stm BBC News Commemoration for bombing victims BBC News 2006-09-07 The cases of Helyn Bennett and of members of her family, several of whom were wounded in the same attack, were cited as examples during the process that led to the establishment in the United Kingdom in 2007 of a statutory fund through the Red Cross for overseas victims of terrorism;https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6666601.stm BBC News Fund for overseas terror victims BBC News 2007-05-17 a previously existing scheme managed by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority making criminal injuries payments for UK attacks only. 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