2008 Istanbul bombings

2008 bombings with 17 fatalities, including 5 children 41.012 28.976 title 2008 Istanbul bombings Turkey Istanbul 250px right right 41.0121548 28.8723365 TUR Güngören, Istanbul, Turkey July 27, 2008 18:45 UTC Bombings 17http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jl5Of8Rk7UJyxwWurbEN3r71UUFA Istanbul bomb attacks kill 17 AFP 2008-07-07 2008-07-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20110520160317/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jl5Of8Rk7UJyxwWurbEN3r71UUFA 2011-05-20 dead 154 The 2008 Istanbul bombings occurred on July 27, 2008 when two explosions hit a busy shopping street in the Güngören district of Istanbul, killing seventeen people, five of them children, and injuring 154.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7527977.stm Deadly blasts hit Istanbul street 2008-07-28 BBC 2008-07-28 The attacks occurred at 9:45 p.m. local time, 18:45 UTC,http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/9529506.asp?gid=244&sz=55577 Double bombing kills 17, injures more than 150 in Turkey's Istanbul Hurriyet 2008-07-27 2008-07-28 on a pedestrian street closed to traffic.http://www.theage.com.au/world/istanbul-blasts-kill-17-and-injure-more-than-150-20080728-3m8v.html Istanbul blasts kill 17 and injure more than 150 The Age 2008-07-28 2008-07-28 2008-08-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20080817055052/http://www.theage.com.au/world/istanbul-blasts-kill-17-and-injure-more-than-150-20080728-3m8v.html dead The bombings were the deadliest civilian attacks in Turkey since the 2003 Istanbul bombings, five years earlier.https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121724008479989537?mod=googlenews_wsj Turkey Blames Kurdish Rebels For Istanbul Blasts That Killed 17 Wall Street Journal 2008-07-28 2008-07-28 Details The first of the two bombs was a sonic bomb which was placed in a telephone cabin and second bomb was placed in a waste container 50 meters away, near a crowded street. The first bomb caused crowds to gather for help and curiosity, and around 10 minutes later, the second and more powerful bomb exploded, causing many of the casualties. The police believe that the bombs were activated remotely. Political analyst Damla Aras said that, "there is a possibility they might be A4, C-4 explosives, which were brought from northern Iraq by the PKK and have been used several times in Turkey."http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/07/2008727193036298109.html Deadly bombings hit Istanbul Al Jazeera 2008-07-28 2008-07-28 Early on, news sources thought the first explosion was caused by a gas leak. The blasts were the deadliest to hit Istanbul since a series of bombings in November 2003 that killed over 60 people.2008-07-27 TIMELINE: Recent attacks in Turkey en Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-explosions-attacks-idUSL0926712620080727 2023-03-07 Investigation Nobody has claimed responsibility for the bombing as of yet, although Kurdish separatist militants are suspected.https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/world/europe/28turkey.html?hp Bombs Kill 15 in a Crowded Istanbul Neighborhood Arsu Sebnem 2008-07-28 The New York Times 2008-07-28 The Istanbul Police indicate that the incident bears the hallmarks of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), possibly in revenge for a series of major operations by the Turkish military on its bases days prior to the incident. However a senior member of the PKK, Zubeyir Aydar, denied the implication: "The Kurdish liberation movement is not involved in this attack." Based on a tip from residents, three teenagers were taken into custody in connection to the bombings.http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080059139&ch=7/28/2008%206:39:00%20PM 3 teenagers detained for Istanbul attack NDTV 2008-07-28 2008-07-28December 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Nine people were indicted in December 2008 over the bombings.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10588200.asp?scr=1 Prosecutors say PKK responsible for Turkey's twin bomb attack Hurriyet 2008-12-18 2008-12-17 See also Turkey 1999 Istanbul bombings 2003 Istanbul bombings 2022 Istanbul bombing List of terrorist incidents, 2008 References 2 Category:Terrorist incidents in Turkey in 2008 Category:2008 murders in Turkey 2008 Istanbul bombings Category:2008 mass murders Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in Istanbul Category:21st-century mass murders in Turkey Category:July 2008 in Turkey Category:July 2008 crimes in Europe Category:Terrorist incidents by unknown perpetrators Category:Mass murders in Istanbul Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in 2008 Category:Marketplace attacks in Turkey