Turkey: 10 dead in suicide blast in central Istanbul Sultanahmet district

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Last edited Tue Jan 12, 2016, 09:09 AM - Edit history (2)

Source: BBC

At least 10 people, most of them foreigners, have been killed in an explosion in a tourist area of Istanbul, Turkish officials say.

Turkish officials say a Syrian national carried out a suicide bomb attack in the Sultanahmet district, near the city's famous Blue Mosque.

Fifteen people were also wounded, the Istanbul governor's office said.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey was the "top target for all terrorist groups in the region".

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35290760

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#BREAKING Blast in tourist area of Istanbul, casualties: local media
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/686829947093008384

[MowCowWhoHow III]

1. Ten killed, 15 wounded in Istanbul blast: local authorities

#BREAKING Ten killed, 15 wounded in Istanbul blast: local authorities
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/686843395063582721

[MowCowWhoHow III]

2. UPDATE: German media reports that 9 of the 10 dead in Istanbul blast were German citizens

UPDATE: German media reports that 9 of the 10 dead in Istanbul blast were German citizens
https://twitter.com/RuptlyNewsroom/status/686885020544417792

[MowCowWhoHow III]

3. Turkish deputy PM: Istanbul suicide bomber is 28-year-old Syrian; victims mostly foreign

BREAKING: Turkish deputy PM: Istanbul suicide bomber is 28-year-old Syrian; victims mostly foreign
https://twitter.com/AP/status/686886638799183872

[MariaThinks]

7. the religion of peace again

[Divernan]

4. I spent a week in that beautiful and historic part of the city. Terrible news.

I'm surprised the bomber detonated in an open street/park instead of in or next to one of the iconic buildings there, like the Blue Mosque, Topkapi or the Hagia Sophia.

The Old City, Sultanahmet. Basically this tranquil area used to be the core of Roman Constantinople (it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453) and most historical sights are located here, such as Topkapi Palace Museum (a huge maze-like structure; to see the popular and elaborate harem go early in the morning to get a ticket); check out the lovely Ottoman street adjacent to Topkapi entrance; Hagia Sophia (an ancient mosque/cathedral); the gorgeous Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet); Museum of Islamic Art; the Hippodrome monolith; Sultan Suleyman Mosque; the Basilica Cistern; Kariye Museum also known as the Chora Church, the interior of which is covered in incredible frescoes and mosaics and adjacent to a dramatic section of ancient Theodosian walls; the Grand Bazaar.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

5. Turkish police source says that all 10 of those killed in Istanbul explosion were German tourists.

BREAKING: Turkish police source says that all 10 of those killed in Istanbul explosion were German tourists.
https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/686895626471247872

I wonder if the Germans were specifically targeted?

[romanic]

6. Sounds like it.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

8. Istanbul suicide bomber was Islamic State member: Turkey PM

#BREAKING Istanbul suicide bomber was Islamic State member: Turkey PM
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/686924579613360129

[brentspeak]

9. Turkey's idiot PM has been practically coddling ISIS for two years now

Too afraid that if he cracked down on suspected ISIS members within Turkey, ISIS would then target Turkey.

And this is what happens when you play nice with terrorists.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

10. Suicide Bomber in Tourist Hub Attack Was Affiliated With ISIS, Turkey Says

Suicide Bomber in Tourist Hub Attack Was Affiliated With ISIS, Turkey Says

The attacker in an explosion that killed at least 11 people in Istanbul, Turkey, this morning was affiliated with ISIS, Turkish officials said.

The suicide bomber was a member of the group, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, pledging to battle ISIS until it no longer “remains a threat” to Turkey or the world.

The alleged attacker is Nabil Fadli, born in Saudi Arabia in 1988, Turkish officials said. He recently entered Turkey through Syria, officials said. Fadli was not on a watch list, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said.

The blast happened near the iconic blue mosque in Sultanahmet, a historic, tourist district, around 10:20 a.m. local time. Some of the victims were part of a 33-person German tourist group that was at the site at the time.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/suicide-bomber-tourist-hub-attack-affiliated-isis-turkey/story?id=36230656

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. , March 29, 2014 Government officials tape discusses false flag attack in Turkey

Some more thoughts on the leaked tape from a meeting in the Turkish foreign ministry which is only very selectively reported in “western” media. A video with recorded voices and English text is available as is the seemingly complete text in two parts.

The setting of the recording is this:

The voices of the illegal recording believed to belong to Davutoğlu, National Intelligence Organization (MİT) Hakan Fidan, Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu, and Deputy Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaşar Gürel. According to the information obtained from sources, the recording consists of a chat between four officials in Davutoğlu’s office before the commencement of the official meeting with the participation of more civil and military bureaucrats in another room at the Foreign Ministry.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/turkey-wages-war-on-syria-leaked-recording-confirms-turkish-false-flag-attack/5375807


Not saying anything but Turkey hasn't been a good boy lately since
it elected that guy, so take everything with a grain of salt
even my post ..

[maxsolomon]

12. Killing the Tourism industry in every moderate Muslim state.

The main income source for vast numbers of Muslims. Egypt was first. Then Lebanon, Tunisia, and now Turkey.

The strategy is proceeding apace: draw the world into a climatic battle in the Levant. Erdogan is going to be forced to pick a side, finally. Hopefully he picks the one that confronts the Death Cult.

Thanks again, Bush.

[jamzrockz]

13. Out of all those countries

Turkey has been the one to purposefully invite these evil men in hope they help the western backed rebels remove the Assad gov. I mourn the innocent who died but I do not feel sorry at all for the country. Talk about chickens coming home to roost.

[smirkymonkey]

14. They are starting to do a pretty bang up job at killing the tourism industry

in certain European cities as well. It's sad - There are so many beautiful European cities that are being destroyed by the violence of young muslim men.

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15. Istanbul bomber entered Turkey from Syria as a migrant: PM

Istanbul bomber entered Turkey from Syria as a migrant: PM

Istanbul (AFP) - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday said the suicide bomber who killed 10 German tourists in Istanbul had entered the country as an "ordinary migrant" from war-torn Syria.

"This person was not being followed (as a wanted suspect). This person entered Turkey as an ordinary migrant," Davutoglu said in Istanbul. "All his links will be worked out now."

http://news.yahoo.com/istanbul-bomber-entered-turkey-syria-migrant-pm-174223051.html;_ylt=AwrC1zE2jpZWDAcAMbbQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--

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16. K&R