An explosion ripped through a rally in the Turkish border town of Suruc today, leaving at least 27 people dead and wounding 100 others, the country's Interior Ministry said.
The ministry blamed the explosion on a "Terrorist attack" And said the death toll may rise. Ref. CNN
The casualties in today's bombing in Turkey's capital, Ankara, have risen to 86 dead and 186 injured, the Turkish health ministry said, according to CNN Turk. Ref. CNN
Roadside bomb kills two soldiers in Turkey's southeast: sources:
Two Turkish soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in the province of Tunceli, security sources said on Sunday, bringing the military death toll in two days of violence in the predominantly Kurdish east to six. Ref. ABC Newshttps://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/18/us-turkey-kurds-idUSKCN0SC0K120151018
Killed ISIS Commander's Cell Phone Shows Direct Ties to Turkish Intelligence:
A cell phone retrieved from the corpse revealed messages from Turkish intelligence services proving the NATO country was providing security for ISIS militants when they traveled between Turkey and Iraq. This is the second NATO country implicated in assisting the Islamic State's troops. The first was Canada. Ref. Source 4x
An explosion rocked a central square in Istanbul on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 15 others, the Istanbul governor's office said.
The city's Sultanahmet Square was swarming security forces and ambulances in the aftermath of the blast.
"Investigations continue about the explosion's cause, the explosive's types, the perpetrator/perpetrators of the event," said Istanbul governor Vasip Sahin.
No group immediately claimed responsibility. Ref. CNN.
An explosion hit Turkey's capital today, killing at least 27 people and wounding 75, the governor of Ankara said in a written statement.
The blast ripped through a busy square in the heart of Ankara, the official Turkish news agency Anadolu reported. Ref. CNN.