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| Hundreds of protesters gather in Istanbul after bomb attacks in capital |
| 2015-10-11 |
| [Al Ahram] Hundreds of protesters chanting anti-government slogans gathered in Istanbul on Saturday to try to march towards the city's central Taksim square, blaming the government for kabooms which killed at least 86 people in the capital Ankara. The two suspected jacket wallahs hit as hundreds of people gathered outside Ankara's main train station for a planned march organised by civil society, pro-Kurdish and leftist groups to protest against conflict between Turkish security forces and Kurdish murderous Moslems in the southeast. "Erdogan resign" and "Murderer AKP", some of the crowd in Istanbul shouted, accusing President Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling AK Party of responsibility for the violence. Riot police with two water cannon vehicles watched on. Police have previously prevented demonstrators from trying to reach Taksim square, the epicentre of weeks of violent anti-government protests during the summer of 2013. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 A little larger attendance in Ankara: Thousands rally in Ankara to remember victims of bombings Unintended consequences? |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-10-11 17:54 |
| #3 like putin doesent he want to be the all time Turkish president/prime minster |
| Posted by: paul 2015-10-11 13:10 |
| #2 I lean more towards the Islamic State. It has their hallmarks. It'd also be a twofer by hitting the Kurds, who are pretty much the only ones effectively standing up to the Islamic State. Another, and highly likely, possibility are the Gray Wolves. They have a history of killing Turkish leftists. They're also possibly involved in the bombing of the shrine in Bangkok. The "bug" in this is that Turkey's stopped several suicide bomber infiltration attempts from Kurdish territory in Iraq. Being cynical, I also wouldn't put it past the PKK to run an op like this. But it's a very remote possibility. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-10-11 06:58 |
| #1 This does have Erdogan's fingerprints all over it. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-10-11 00:33 |