[Hurriyet Daily News] Interior Minister Selami Altinok ruled out any responsibility [for the kabooms], saying that he did not consider resignation. Altinok said there was some brief information on the type of the attack and the organization behind it, but he would not share it due to intelligence concerns.
"I hope to go to the ballot boxes under healthy conditions," said the minister, referring to the Nov. 1 re-elections.
Seperately, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ömer Celik also said the attack aimed at the elections. Reiterating that the AKP and its leader Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu suspended their election campaign activities for three days, Celik underlined need for a "united stance."
"This terrorist activity is aimed at creating chaos, instigating certain street movements and the election environment. We should calmly fail these attempt," he said.
"The attack aims at creating trauma among the society. It is extremely planned and organized. We are passing through the biggest grievances of our history. It is virtually an attempt of massacre. It aims at shaping civil dynamics of The Sick Man of Europe
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It aims at turning Turkey into an inward-oriented mood at a time when there are very important foreign policy developments taking place. This attack which took place in Ankara may take place at anywhere, there is need for a joint stance," the spokeperson said.
"We do not consider this attack as launched at a certain group or party, this attack is launched against all colors of Turkey."
The blasts were at the two sides of the exit of the main train station in the city, where the People's Democratic Party (HDP) supporters were gathering.
The cause of the blasts was not immediately clear, but the prime minister has said there is strong evidence that attacks were carried by two jacket wallahs.
Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reported that it could be a jacket wallah, as eye witnesses said human flesh was all over the scene.
Blasts occurred ahead of a planned "peace" march organized by labor unions and a number of NGOs to protest against the conflict between the state and forces of Evil of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in southeast Turkey.
Organizers have cancelled the meeting, calling on participants from other cities to return. They also called on people to donate blood for numbers of injured people at Ankara hospitals.