Tourists warned to stay away as bomb attacks rock Turkey

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Guardian Unlimited
Nick Birch in Marmaris and Steven Morris
Tuesday August 29, 2006

A separatist group yesterday warned tourists to stay away from Turkey after a wave of bomb blasts killed three people and injured dozens, including 10 Britons. The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons claimed responsibility for four of the five bombs and warned on its website: "Turkey is not a safe country; tourists should not come to Turkey."

Three people were killed and as many as 50 injured in the most serious of the blasts, which wreaked havoc in the southern city of Antalya yesterday afternoon.

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The bombings are a blow to the Turkish tourist industry, which is worth £10bn a year. Almost 2 million Britons visit the country annually and there are currently thousands in the area around Marmaris. Beaches in the resort were quieter than usual yesterday as many people decided to stay in their hotels, and some began making plans to abort their holiday.

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The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, also known as the Liberation Hawks, claimed responsibility for the blasts in Istanbul and Marmaris. Nobody immediately claimed responsibility for the blast in Antalya.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/turkey/story/0,,1860192,00.html

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1. damn those kurds for bombing back!

interupting holidays! oh, the humanity!

PEOPLE DIED