2015 Istanbul suicide bombing

Terrorist incident in Turkey 2015 Istanbul suicide bombing Turkey Sultanahmet, Fatih, Istanbul Police station 6 January 2015 Suicide bombing 2 (including the perpetrator) 1 Islamic State (ISIL)29 July 2015 Yusuf Doğan Habertürk Sultanahmet bombacısını İstanbul'a Abdulla Abdullayev getirmiş http://www.haberturk.com/gundem/haber/1108611-sultanahmet-bombacisini-istanbula-abdulla-abdullayev-getirmis 29 November 2015 live 19 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150819213334/http://www.haberturk.com/gundem/haber/1108611-sultanahmet-bombacisini-istanbula-abdulla-abdullayev-getirmis Diana Ramazova On 6 January 2015, Diana Ramazova from Dagestan detonated a bomb vest at a police station in Istanbul's central Sultanahmet district, near the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia. The attack killed Ramazova and injured two police officers, one of whom later succumbed to his wounds.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30701483 BBC News - Turkey bombing: Female suicide attacker hits Istanbul police station BBC News January 6, 2016http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2016/01/policeman-injured-istanbul-bomb-attack-20151615551340942.html Policeman killed in Istanbul suicide attack Al Jazeera January 6, 2016September 2025 InternetArchiveBot Ramazova was the pregnant widow of a Norwegian-Chechen ISIS fighter in Syria who had been killed in December 2014. Attack Istanbul governor Vasip Sahin said the woman, who reportedly spoke English with "a thick accent" and was dressed in a niqab, entered the police station and told officers she had lost her wallet before detonating the bomb. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu told reporters that the bomber was carrying two other devices, which were safely defused by officers on the scene. Emergency services rushed to the blast site, while the tram line that runs through the district was temporarily suspended. Besides the perpetrator only one other person died in the attack; a young police officer from Trabzon who had just become a father. Perpetrator Six people, including three foreigners, were detained over the attack.http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Jan-13/283951-turkey-detains-six-over-istanbul-suicide-bombing.ashx Turkey detains six over Istanbul suicide bombing The Daily Star (Lebanon) 13 January 2015 22 September 2015 On January 7, the far-left armed group Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front (DHKP/C) claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was meant "to punish (the) murderers of Berkin Elvan" and "to call to account the fascist state that protects AKP's corrupt, stealing ministers". Berkin Elvan was a 15-year-old boy who was killed by a tear-gas canister fired by a police officer during the 2013 Istanbul protests. The bombing came five days after another member of DHKP/C attacked police on guard outside the Ottoman-era Dolmabahçe Palace, hurling two grenades that failed to explode. The building houses the Istanbul offices of the Turkish prime minister. The DHKP/C had been involved in several deadly attacks on Turkish government targets in recent years, including a 2013 suicide bombing at the US embassy in Ankara.Female Istanbul suicide bomber was part of terrorist group Christian Science Monitor https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2015/0106/Female-Istanbul-suicide-bomber-was-part-of-terrorist-group 2023-03-07 0882-7729 The group also claimed that the suicide bomber was Elif Sultan Kalsen. After being called to a criminal medical center to identify the body, Kalsen's family denied the claims, stating that it was not their daughter.https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/leftist-group-carried-istanbul-suicide-bombing-28048471 Leftist Group Says It Carried out Istanbul Suicide Bombing ABC News 7 January 2015 8 January 2015 Butler, Desmond On January 8, 2015, the perpetrator was identified as Diana Ramazova, a Chechen-Russian citizen from Dagestan. She had married Abu Aluevitsj Edelbijev, a Norwegian citizen of Chechen origin in 2014. They spent three months in Istanbul from May to July 2014, before entering Syria. In Syria Edelbijev fought for ISIS and was killed in December. Ramazova, who was pregnant at the time, irregularly reentered Turkey shortly after his death.Toygun Atilla (16 January 2015) Suicide bomber who attacked Istanbul police was married to Norwegian ISIL jihadist Hürriyethttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/16/pregnant-istanbul-suicide-bomber-russian-citizen Pregnant Istanbul suicide bomber was Russian citizen The Guardian 16 January 2015 22 September 2015 Letsch, Constanzehttp://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/27918961.asp Canlı bombanın El Kaide ve IŞİD bağlantısı araştırılıyor Hürriyet 8 January 2015 tr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150109223735/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/27918961.asp 9 January 2015 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/russian-citizen-revealed-to-be-suicide-bomber-who-attacked-istanbul-police.aspx?pageID=238&nID=76653&NewsCatID=509 Russian citizen revealed to be suicide bomber who attacked Istanbul police Hürriyet Daily News 8 January 2015 8 January 2015 Aydın, Çetin See also Turkey 2013 United States embassy bombing in Ankara January 2016 Istanbul bombing References 2 Turkey Category:2015 building bombings Category:2015 in Istanbul Category:2010s crimes in Istanbul Category:January 2015 in Turkey Category:Attacks on police stations in 2015 Category:Censorship in Turkey Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in Turkey 2015 Category:Terrorist incidents in Turkey in 2015 Category:2015 murders in Turkey Category:Building bombings in Istanbul Category:Murder in Istanbul Category:Suicide bombings in 2015 Category:Attacks on police stations in Turkey