2013 Reyhanlı car bombings

Terrorist bombings in Turkey October 2020 2013 Reyhanlı car bombings Reyhanlı, Hatay Province, Turkey 36 16 09 N 36 34 02 E inline,title 2013 05 11 y 13:45 EEST Dual car bombings 52http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/reyhanli-bombings-death-toll-reaches-52.aspx?pageID=238&nID=47671&NewsCatID=341 Hurriyet daily news, 27 May 2013 29 October 2014 140 Syrian Resistance Flag.svg Syrian Resistance (per Turkish government) thumb|Reyhanlı On 11 May 2013, two car bombs exploded in the Turkish town of Reyhanlı, a town of 64,000 people, 5 km from the Syrian border and the busiest land border post with Syria, in Hatay Province, Turkey. At least 52 people were killed and 140 injured in the attack.http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/explosions-hit-turkish-town-on-border-with-syria-killing-four-and-injuring-18.aspx?pageID=238&nID=46682&NewsCatID=341 Death toll rises to 42 as explosions hit Turkish town on border with Syria Hurriyet Daily News 11 May 2013 11 May 2013http://istanbulian.blogspot.com/2013/05/deadliest-terror-attack-in-turkeys.html Deadliest Terror Attack in Turkey's History Might Be Another Attempt to Derail Peace Talks? But Which One? Syria or PKK? The Istanbulian 11 May 2013 11 May 2013http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-05-11/explosions-kill-18-in-turkey-near-syria-border-minister-says https://web.archive.org/web/20130608095311/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-05-11/explosions-kill-18-in-turkey-near-syria-border-minister-says dead 8 June 2013 Turkey Blames Syria's Assad for Its Deadliest Terror Attack Bloomberg News 11 May 2013 11 May 2013 Turkish authorities accused the government of Syria of being behind the bombings, and within two weeks had charged 12 Turkish nationals who it said were backed by the Syrian government. The state-run Anadolu news agency reported that in February 2018, a Turkish court sentenced nine suspects to life imprisonment and 13 other people to prison terms of 10 to 15 years for the bombings; and that in September 2018 another suspect was captured in Syria and brought to Turkey by Turkish intelligence.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45496775 Turkish intelligence 'captures bombing suspect in Syria' BBC News 12 September 2018 10 May 2019 The Syrian government denied responsibility for the attacks. Other groups proposed as culprits include al-Nusra Front, the Islamic State, and Syrian Resistance. Following the bombings, hundreds of Syrians fled Reyhanli, and some residents blamed the Turkish government for bringing the Syrian Civil War to the town.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=780EUouzoOU BBC News YouTube 29 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150128074514/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=780EUouzoOU 28 January 2015 dead Background 2012 Syrian–Turkish border clashes Reyhanlı is a town of 64,000 people in the far south of Turkey in Hatay Province, 5 km from the Turkey-Syria border and close to the busiest land border post with Syria, the Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing. Many Syrian refugees have passed through the town while fleeing from the Syrian Civil War. The nearby Cilvegözü–Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing, which is controlled on the Syrian side by rebels, is the busiest crossing point between the two countries.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h3pkwwjP3qNrAQ2LMMegT1z7kPGA?docId=CNG.35312fdddfaa8dbe21016c28c9d5994f.601 https://web.archive.org/web/20140130170253/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h3pkwwjP3qNrAQ2LMMegT1z7kPGA?docId=CNG.35312fdddfaa8dbe21016c28c9d5994f.601 dead 30 January 2014 Dozens dead in Turkey car bombings near Syria border Cheviron Nicholas AFP 11 May 2013 11 May 2013 On 3 October 2012, mortar fire from Syria killed five people in the Turkish border town of Akçakale. On 11 February 2013, the gate of the Cilvegözü–Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing was the scene of a deadly attack, when an explosion killed 17 people and injured 30 more. Bombings Two car bombs were left outside Reyhanlı's town hall and post office. The first exploded at around 13:45 EEST (10:45 UTC), and the second about five minutes later.Güneş Erdem Death toll rises to 50 as explosions hit Turkish town on border with Syria http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/reyhanli-bombing-turkey-syria-policy.html 13 September 2011 Hürriyet Daily News 23 October 2015 People attempting to help those injured in the first explosion were caught in the second blast.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22494128 Blasts kill dozens in Turkish town Reyhanli on Syria border BBC News 11 May 2013 11 May 2013 A Cumhuriyet journalist reported controversy over the number of fatalities. It was suspected by someMay 2013 news sources that government and local officials had instructed local health care workers to limit the death toll to 50, while the real number was 177.http://sozcu.com.tr/2013/gunun-icinden/reyhanlida-olu-sayisi-177-mi.html Reyhanlı'da ölü sayısı 177 mi? Sözcü 14 May 2013 19 May 2013 tr dead https://archive.today/20130615075652/http://sozcu.com.tr/2013/gunun-icinden/reyhanlida-olu-sayisi-177-mi.html 15 June 2013http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/?hn=416566&kn=7&ka=4&kb=7 Söylenti bombası Cumhuriyet 14 May 2013 19 May 2013 Erdemol, Mustafa Kemal tr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130606225732/http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/?hn=416566&kn=7&ka=4&kb=7 6 June 2013 While some Syrian refugees were caught in the blasts, the majority of the fatalities involved were local Turks.Davies Wyre Syria denies Turkey Reyhanli car bombs role https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22499326 12 May 2013 BBC News 23 October 2015 Although there is still no information about the names of the dead, local officials revealed their nationalities, and stated that 5 of 52 people killed by the attacks were Syrian.Güneş, Erdem 'Syrian refugees victim of Reyhanlı bombs, too',Hurriyet Daily News, 16 May 2013. Retrieved on 18 May 2013. Responsibility Several options have been raised for the responsibility for the attack: Syrian government – Mukhabarat On Saturday, 11 May 2013, Turkey's two Deputy Prime Ministers Bülent Arınç and Besir Atalay said "the Syrian Mukhabarat and armed organizations are the usual suspects in planning and the carrying out of such devilish plans", and Turkish sources accused Syria of being "behind the attacks". Syria, according to information minister Omran al-Zoubi, immediately denied responsibility for the attacks, stating: "Syria [...] would never commit such an act because our values would not allow that."http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/05/2013511121047931174.html Syria denies link to Turkey car bombs Al Jazeera 12 May 2013 29 October 2014 On 11 May, Turkish authorities said they had detained nine Turks with links to the Syrian Mukhabarat (military intelligence service) as suspects in the bombings.9 detained over car bombings http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/12/turkey-cra-bombings-9-detained-turkish-border-town_n_3262727.html HuffPost 23 August 2015 12 May 2013https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/05/12/turkey-syria-car-bombings/2153245/ USA Today, 12 May 2013 Oren Dorell, USA TODAY USA Today 12 May 2013 29 October 2014 On 13 May, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that he held the Syrian government responsible.http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/turkish-mp-blames-al-nusra-for-border-town-attack https://archive.today/20130615113428/http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/turkish-mp-blames-al-nusra-for-border-town-attack dead 15 June 2013 Turkish MP blames Al Nusra for border town attack The National (Abu Dhabi) 14 May 2013 23 August 2015 By 21 May, Turkey had charged 12 Turkish nationals with the attacks, which they alleged were backed by the Syrian government.http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/05/21/Turkey-charges-prime-suspect-in-car-bombings-report-says.html AFP, 21 May 2013 Al-Arabiya 21 May 2013 29 October 2014 On 25 May, Erdogan repeated his accusation that the Syrian regime was behind the attack.http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/04/reyhanli-qaeda-bombing-attack-admits.html Turkey admits Reyhanli was attacked by al-Qaeda Al-Monitor 4 April 2014 23 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150724025136/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/04/reyhanli-qaeda-bombing-attack-admits.html 24 July 2015 dead Nasır Eskiocak, a Turkish national captured by the Turkish police on 10 June 2013 and for a while the prime suspect of the attack, said the attack was ordered by the Syrian Mukhabarat, and then organized by him.http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=111180 https://web.archive.org/web/20141029161449/http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=111180 usurped 29 October 2014 Reyhanli attack work of Syria's al-Muhabarat, suspect says 15 June 2013 World Bulletin 23 August 2015 On 12 September 2018, the Turkish National Intelligence Organization announced that they had captured Yusuf Nazik, who they alleged is one of the main suspects of the 2013 bombing. He was captured by Turkish intelligence in the Syrian regime-controlled city of Latakia. Nazik, born in the Antakya district of the province of Hatay, confessed in a video-recorded confession that he played a key part in the bombing as a coordinator between the bombers and the Syrian regime, which he said masterminded the attack. He referred to a Syrian intelligence officer named Mohammed, who had the codename "Hadji".http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-intelligence-nabs-terror-suspect-in-syrias-latakia-136747 Turkish intelligence nabs terror suspect in Syria's Latakia with 'pinpoint operation' 12 September 2018 12 September 2018 Between 2022 and 2025, Turkish Intelligence captured remaining suspects of the bombing except Mihrac Ural.MİT, Reyhanlı'daki terör saldırısının faillerinden Temir Dükancı'yı Suriye'de yakaladı https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/gundem/mit-reyhanlidaki-teror-saldirisinin-faillerinden-temir-dukanciyi-suriyede-yakaladi/3492500 2025-02-27 Anadolu AjansıTekin Cihan 2025-01-13 Reyhanlı'daki terör saldırısının faillerinden Koralı yakalandı https://www.diken.com.tr/reyhanlidaki-teror-saldirisinin-faillerinden-korali-yakalandi/ 2025-02-27 Diken trReyhanlı saldırısının sorumlularından Cengiz Sertel yakalandı https://bianet.org/haber/reyhanli-saldirisinin-sorumlularindan-cengiz-sertel-yakalandi-302697 2025-02-27 bianet.org trÇomak Sertaç 2022-07-07 Reyhanlı katliamının talimatını verdiği öne sürülen kişi tutuklandı https://www.diken.com.tr/reyhanli-katliaminin-talimatini-verdigi-one-surulen-kisi-tutuklandi/ 2025-02-27 Diken tr Al-Nusra Front / al-Qaeda / ISIL Al-Nusra: Mehmet Ali Ediboğlu (CHP), representing Hatay Province in the Turkish parliament, said on 14 May 2013 he believed the al-Nusra Front (Jabhat al-Nusra) to have planted the bombs, in an attempt "to get Turkey into the war". al-Qaeda elements: On 25 May 2013, the Turkish hacker group RedHack alleged that leaked or hacked documents of Turkey's Gendarmerie intelligence department linked al-Qaeda-related groups in Syria to the attack, which was denied by Justice and Development Party (AKP) vice president Hüseyin Çelik. Çelik stated that the documents were leaked by a private using a cell phone but its content is unrelated to the bombings and the private is under arrest.Bal Ersin Çelik'ten Redhack ve Reyhanlı belgesi açıklaması: 1 er gözaltında Çelik on Redhack incident and Reyhanlı attack http://www.aksam.com.tr/siyaset/celikten-redhack-ve-reyhanli-belgesi-aciklamasi-1-er-gozaltinda/haber-208880 23 May 2013 Akşam tr 11 May 2019http://www.aksam.com.tr/guncel/iste-redhackin-reyhanli-belgeleri/haber-208564 İşte Redhack'in Reyhanlı belgeleri 22 May 2013 aksam.com.tr 29 October 2014http://www.cnnturk.com/2013/turkiye/05/23/hukumetten.sok.reyhanli.aciklamasi/709169.0/index.html Hükümetten şok Reyhanlı açıklaması 23 May 2013 CNN Türk 29 October 2014http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-hacker-group-redhack-reveals-gendarmeries-reyhanli-attack-document-claim.aspx?pageID=238&nID=47398&NewsCatID=341 Turkish police prevent 'attack on refugees in Reyhanlı' – LOCAL 29 October 2014http://www.bianet.org/english/world/146827-redhack-releases-cables-on-reyhanli-blasts Redhack Releases Cables on Reyhanlı Blasts – english Bianet – Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi 29 October 2014On 27 March 2014, also Tacan İldem, Turkey's Ambassador to the OCSE, said 11 May 2013 attack was carried out by "al-Qaeda elements operating out of Syria", which, in May 2013, may have meant either Jabhat al-Nusra or ISIL.Turkish diplomat says Reyhanlı attack carried out by Al-Qaeda Today's Zaman 6 April 2014 23 August 2015 http://www.todayszaman.com/news-343949-turkish-diplomat-says-reyhanli-attack-carried-out-by-al-qaeda.html That statement was contradicted on 6 April 2014 in a written statement of the Turkish Foreign Ministry who stuck to their conviction that the attack was carried out with support from the Syrian government.http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syria-absolutely-behind-reyhanli-attack-says-turkish-ministry.aspx?pageID=238&nID=64634&NewsCatID=509 Syria absolutely behind Reyhanlı attack, says Turkish ministry Hürriyet Daily News 7 April 2014 7 April 2014 ISIL: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in late September 2013, while threatening Turkey with suicide attacks if Turkey would not reopen its Syrian border crossings at Bab al-Hawa and Bab al-Salameh before 7 October, claimed responsibility for the Reyhanli attack of 11 May 2013.ISIL threatens Erdoğan with suicide bombings in Ankara, İstanbul Today's Zaman 23 August 2015 30 September 2013 http://www.todayszaman.com/news-327739-isil-threatens-erdogan-with-suicide-bombings-in-ankara-istanbul.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150724161335/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-327739-isil-threatens-erdogan-with-suicide-bombings-in-ankara-istanbul.html 24 July 2015http://www.mynet.com/haber/guncel/el-kaide-reyhanliyi-ustlendi-iddiasi-816721-1 El Kaide, Reyhanlıyı Üstlendi İddiası Haberi ve Son Dakika Haberler Mynet Mynet Mynet Haber 29 October 2014http://www.aydinlikdaily.com/Al-Qaeda-Claims-Responsibility-for-Reyhanlı-790 Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Reyhanli dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141006164602/http://www.aydinlikdaily.com/Al-Qaeda-Claims-Responsibility-for-Reyhanl%C4%B1-790 6 October 2014 21 November 2013March 2016 failed bot fix, 3/10/16"Reyhanlı'yı El Kaide üstlendi"... Erdoğan'ı da tehdit ettiler Gazeteciler 30 September 2013 http://www.gazetecileronline.com/newsdetails/11380-/GazetecilerOnline/reyhanli39yi-el-kaide-ustlendi-erdogan39i-da-tehdi https://web.archive.org/web/20131002042455/http://www.gazetecileronline.com/newsdetails/11380-/GazetecilerOnline/reyhanli39yi-el-kaide-ustlendi-erdogan39i-da-tehdi dead 2 October 2013 "El Kaide, Reyhanlı'yı üstlendi" iddiası 1 October 2013 CNN Türk https://www.cnnturk.com/2013/dunya/10/01/el.kaide.reyhanliyi.ustlendi.iddiasi/725396.0/index.html Reyhanlı saldırısını El Kaide üstlendi Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Reyhanlı Attack http://www.odatv.com/n.php?n=reyhanli-saldirisini-el-kaide-ustlendi-0110131200 1 October 2013 Oda TV tr 23 October 2015دولة الإسلام في العراق والشام تتبنى تفجيرات الريحانية وتهدد أردوغان "بسلسلة من الهجمات الإستشهادية" 30 September 2013 Radio Nawa http://ar.radionawa.com/(A(dPAvawvrzgEkAAAANWI0YTkyMWMtOGVlOC00OWI4LWIwMDQtMDdlY2FjNTRmZDg5gbycCLjxrnn-PE_8xYc0GBCHFE41))/Detail.aspx?id=78234&LinkID=63&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 21 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131004225732/http://ar.radionawa.com/(A(dPAvawvrzgEkAAAANWI0YTkyMWMtOGVlOC00OWI4LWIwMDQtMDdlY2FjNTRmZDg5gbycCLjxrnn-PE_8xYc0GBCHFE41))/Detail.aspx?id=78234&LinkID=63&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 4 October 2013 deadداعش تهدد أردوغان: إفتح معبري باب السلامة و باب الهوى.. وإلا 30 September 2013 Sham Times http://shamtimes.net/?p=18332 21 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20160204124808/http://www.shamtimes.net/?p=18332 4 February 2016 dead Acilciler versus Turkish government Turkish authorities on 12 May 2013 suspected that former Turkish Marxist group Acilciler, now thought to be based in Syria, might have been revived by his leader Mihrac Ural, and might have ordered the attack. Acilciler was, according to The Huffington Post, long-rumored to have been formed by the Syrian military intelligence service Mukhabarat. The Turkish government on 12 May 2013 believed that Ural and his group, with their ties to pro-government Syrian groups, had carried out the attack. Mihraç Ural, in return, has implicated the Turkish Intelligence Organization.November 2020 Gülen movement In 2015, former Adana prosecutor Özcan Şişman said in a letter to the Cumhuriyet newspaper that he was warned by MIT officers about a planned bombing attack in 2012 and 2013, three days before the Reyhanli attack. And that he was urged by the officers to carry out an operation against the cell. Şişman said he refused to carry out the operation and did not inform the police.Özkan Mustafa Sait TIR savcısından Reyhanlı itirafı https://www.yenisafak.com/gundem/tir-savcisindan-reyhanli-itirafi-2354607 4 April 2020 Yeni Şafak 8 December 2015 Şişman was arrested in the same year and was sentenced 17 years in prison in 2019 for obtaining and exposing state secrets and being a member of the Gülen movement.Sırıklı Aylin MİT tırları davasında karar https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/mit-tirlari-davasinda-karar/1518324 4 April 2020 Anadolu Ajansı 28 June 2019 Aftermath There was widespread panic in Reyhanlı following the blasts, with many people attempting to flee the town. Clashes broke out between Turkish and Syrian people in Reyhanlı, and police were forced to intervene by firing into the air to disperse the crowds. Turkish residents of the town reportedly attacked Syrian refugees and automobiles with Syrian license plates. BBC Journalist Wyre Davies reported from the site of the bombings in Reyhanli that there was 'real anger' among the people on the streets, not just against whoever had carried out the attacks but also against the government in Ankara. Hundreds of Syrian refugees had been forced to leave, 'scapegoats for the crimes of others' in Davies' account, blamed for bringing the Syrian war to the town.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-22535646 BBC News, 15 May 2013 BBC News 29 October 2014 The refugees were held to have made the town a target for Assad's agents in Turkey. The media also were unpopular. "Whoever carried out the bombings has deliberately and successfully driven a wedge between two communities who had always coexisted, even before the war, because of cross-border trade and other historic ties", the journalist wrote.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22516750 Wyre Davies, BBC News BBC News 29 October 2014 In response to the attacks, the Turkish government sent large numbers of air and ground forces increasing the already heavy military presence in the area.http://en.cihan.com.tr/caption/Turkey-sends-military-reinforcements-to-Syrian-border-after-blast-CHMTAyOTAzNS80 Turkey sends military reinforcements to Syrian border after blast Cihan 11 May 2013 11 May 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130614200522/http://en.cihan.com.tr/caption/Turkey-sends-military-reinforcements-to-Syrian-border-after-blast-CHMTAyOTAzNS80 14 June 2013 Protesters clashed with police in the town on Saturday, 18 May, voicing their anger over the government's response to the attack and its decision to take in Syrian refugees fleeing the Syrian conflict.https://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/18/world/europe/turkey-protest CNN News 18 May 2013 CNN 29 October 2014 Turkey sealed the border with Syria for one month in order to stop possible suspects from escaping.July 2021 Media ban The Reyhanlı Court of Peace ordered all voice, written, and visual publications referring to the blasts' aftermath banned, including content describing, and images of, the injured and the dead. The court ruled that the written and visual content would jeopardize the confidentiality and outcome of the ongoing prosecution.Journalists Protest Media Ban in Reyhanlı Blasts http://www.bianet.org/english/media/146564-journalists-protest-media-ban-in-reyhanli-blasts 13 May 2013 Bianet BIA news desk 23 October 2015 On 16 May 2013, the Hatay First Criminal Court cancelled the order issued by the Reyhanlı Court of Peace.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/23293233.asp In Turkish: Yayin yasagi kaldirildi. 16 May 2013 16 May 2013 Only the state-run Anatolia news agency and Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) were allowed to cover visits by Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin and Health MinisterMehmet Müezzinoğlu to the injured in Antakya State Hospital. When the main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, of the Republican People's Party (CHP), visited the victims at the same hospital on Monday, only reporters from Anatolia and TRT were allowed to cover Kılıçdaroğlu's visit, while reporters from the Cihan News Agency, the İhlas News Agency and the Doğan News Agency were not allowed to do so.http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=315843 Gov't under fire for limiting freedom of press, favoring state-run media 19 May 2013 20 May 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142224/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=315843 13 April 2014 Several media unions protested the media ban imposed on the Reyhanlı bombings and appealed to the courts to remove the ban immediately. The media ban was condemned by several journalistic organizations in Turkey. Atilla Sertel, the chairperson of the Journalists Federation of Turkey, stated that such bans would cause major misinformation and would result in misleading the public. The Press Institute Association of Turkey claimed the court order upholding the ban was a censure and a major blow to press freedom. Reactions Domestic Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said, "There may be those who want to sabotage Turkey's peace, but we will not allow that. No one should attempt to test Turkey's power. Our security forces will take all necessary measures." Speaking in Berlin, he said that the bombings were a consequence of global inaction in intervening in the Syrian civil war.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/05/2013512143710733143.html Turkey blames 'inaction' on Syria for attacks 29 October 2014 Main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu held Erdogan accountable for the bombings and compared him to Syria's president Assad. Erdogan threatened to sue him in response.http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/83532-turkey-pm-to-sue-opposition-leader-over-assad-comparison Turkey PM to Sue Opposition Leader over Assad Comparison Naharnet 29 October 2014http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-media-has-not-stood-up-enough-against-bashar-al-assad-pm-erdogan.aspx?pageID=238&nID=47182&NewsCatID=338 Turkish media has not stood up enough against Bashar al-Assad: PM Erdoğan Hurriyet Daily News 19 May 2013 20 May 2013 International Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi placed responsibility for the attacks on the Turkish authorities and said, "it was the Turkish government that had facilitated the flow of arms, explosives, vehicles, fighters and money across the border into Syria", and thus "had turned the border areas into centres for international terrorism". The UN Security Council strongly condemned the Reyhanli bombings, stating, "Any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever committed."http://www.timeturk.com/en/2013/05/15/un-security-council-strongly-condemns-reyhanli-bombings.html UN Security Council strongly condemns Reyhanlı bombings Timeturk 15 May 2013 15 May 2013 28 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150128073800/http://www.timeturk.com/en/2013/05/15/un-security-council-strongly-condemns-reyhanli-bombings.html dead NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen also condemned the attack, calling it "despicable", and said that NATO stood by Turkey. British Foreign Secretary William Hague issued a Twitter statement saying, "My thoughts are with family and friends of the victims. We stand with the people of Turkey." United States Ambassador Francis Ricciardone stated that the U.S. "strongly condemns today's vicious attack, and stands with the people and government of Turkey to identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice."http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-syria-crisis-turkey-usabre94a0ca-20130511,0,2996197.story U.S. strongly condemns Turkey border blasts: ambassador Reuters 11 May 2013 11 May 2013September 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Investigations On 11 May, the authorities had immediately detained nine suspected Turks. By 20 May, 18 people had been detained.Four wanted in Reyhanlı investigation http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/five-more-suspects-arrested-in-reyhanli-bombings-probe.aspx?pageID=238&nID=47289&NewsCatID=341 21 May 2013 Hürriyet Daily News ADANA – Anatolian News Agency 8 September 2015 Investigations have revealed that Ankara was the initial target of the recent attacks in Reyhanlı, according to Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay.Real target of Reyhanlı car bombs was in Ankara, says deputy PM http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/real-target-of-reyhanli-car-bombs-was-in-ankara-says-deputy-pm-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=46840&NewsCatID=338 14 May 2013 Hürriyet Daily News 23 September 2014 In July 2013, several MİT intelligence officials were dismissed for negligence, after an inquiry concluded that MİT had had sufficient information to prevent the attack, but had failed to share it with police quickly enough.Today's Zaman, 14 Jul 2013, MİT provincial chief sacked over unshared intelligence in Reyhanlı attack https://web.archive.org/web/20130715114055/http://todayszaman.com/news-320810-mit-provincial-chief-sacked-over-unshared-intelligence-in-reyhanli-attack.html 15 July 2013 See also List of Islamist terrorist attacks 2019 Reyhanlı car bombing Syria–Turkey relations Syrian–Turkish border incidents during the Syrian civil war Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War References 30em Asia Turkey Politics Category:2013 murders in Turkey Category:2013 building bombings Category:Building bombings in Turkey Category:Car and truck bombings in Turkey Category:Censorship in Turkey Category:History of Hatay Province Category:2013 mass murders Category:21st-century mass murders in Turkey Category:May 2013 crimes in Asia Category:May 2013 in Turkey Category:Syria–Turkey border Category:Terrorist incidents in Turkey in 2013 Category:Car and truck bombings in 2013 Category:Spillover of the Syrian civil war Category:Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war Category:Attacks on post office buildings Category:Attacks on government buildings and structures in Turkey