Articles About Terrorist Activities

Hurriyet

One Turkish soldier died when outlawed PKK terrorists opened harassment fire on a police outpost in the eastern province of Elazig, the Anatolian Agency reported citing authorities on Saturday.

Elazig Governor Muammer Musmal told the A.A that Cem Havale died when terrorists opened fire on the police outpost at 6:15 p.m. (1515 GMT) on Saturday.

A comprehensive operation has been launched and is continuing in the province, Musmal said.

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Turkish Daily News

The explosion that killed 17 people on July 27 was the work of outlawed PKK, says the interior minister, adding that the crime was solved and all those involved were arrested

Finding those responsible for the July 27 explosions in Istanbul’s Güngören district that killed 17 people and wounded 154 others came about as the result of a confession by the man accused of carrying out the attack. According to the interior minister, the terrorist group responsible for the attack was the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK.

Speaking at a press conference held at the Istanbul Police Department headquarters, Interior Minister Beşir Atalay said the case had been solved.

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Today’s Zaman

Eight suspects in last week’s deadly bombings in İstanbul’s Güngören district, which left 17 dead and more than 150 wounded, were arrested on Saturday.
 
The suspects, believed by the court to which they were remanded to be members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), were arrested for “membership in the separatist PKK” and “carrying out bloody attacks,” the Anatolia news agency reported on Saturday. A twin bombing attack in İstanbul’s Güngören district on Sunday evening sent shockwaves across the country. The first bomb went off in a telephone booth, wounding many. Only 10 minutes later, a second and larger device exploded 40 meters away in a trash bin just as crowds had gathered to help the wounded in the first explosion. The attack left 17 dead and more than 150 wounded. Turkish newspapers reported yesterday that the eight suspects received training in bomb making and bomb attacks in PKK training camps in northern Iraq. Soon after the attack, police had said the bombing bore the marks of the PKK, but the terrorist group denied involvement and attributed the attack to “dark forces,” an apparent reference to hard-line Turkish nationalists who are suspected of seeking to foment chaos to strengthen the political influence of the military.

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Hurriyet

An outlawed PKK separatist charged with two deadly blasts in Istanbul has confessed to detonating the bombs and watching the ensuing carnage, Hurriyet daily reported Sunday.

Police have concluded that the June 27 attacks, which claimed 17 lives, were staged by the outlawed separatist PKK, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Saturday, as he announced the arrest of several suspects.      

The bomber was identified as Huseyin Tureli, trained in PKK camps in neighboring northern Iraq. He was among eight suspects whom an Istanbul court Saturday remanded to custody pending trial.

Tureli confessed to planting the bombs in a crowded pedestrian street in the residential neighbourhood of Gungoren and detonating them by mobile telephone, Hurriyet reported.

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