Kayseri attack in 2016

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The Kayseri attack took place in the Turkish city ​​of Kayseri on December 17, 2016 , when a suicide bomber killed 14 Turkish soldiers using a car bomb . 55 other people were injured.

attack

The attack occurred near Erciyes University and hit a bus carrying soldiers who were allowed to spend a day off outside the barracks. The assassin had driven his small white car next to the bus and caused it to explode as it had just pulled into a bus stop. The incident was recorded by the dash cam of a vehicle behind. 14 soldiers were killed immediately or died in hospital, including 40-year-old Major Bülent Albayrak as the highest-ranking victim. The other fatalities were non-commissioned officers. Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced the number of 55 injured people, six of whom were still in critical condition after the attack.

aftermath

After the event, Provincial Governor Suleyman Kamçı and later Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım confirmed that it had been a suicide attack. The Turkish authorities imposed a blackout, among other things to prevent false reports from being circulated that could cause public panic or serve the goals of terrorist organizations. President Recep Erdoğan linked the attack with Turkish counter-terrorism operations in Syria and Iraq and spoke of attacks that affect all people in Turkey. Chief of Staff Hulusi Akar said the fight against terrorists would continue inside and outside the country. Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu spoke of cowards who were after peace.

In a letter to Erdogan, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences and announced his readiness to expand cooperation with Turkey in the field of anti-terrorism. The Azerbaijani head of state İlham Əliyev also expressed his condolences and declared that he would stand by Turkey's side in the fight against terrorism. Further condemnations of the attack and condolences came from the Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow , the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko , the Kuwaiti head of state Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah , the Council of Europe General Secretary Thorbjørn Jagland , the US Embassy in Ankara Foreign ministries of Spain , Germany , Kuwait , Saudi Arabia and Egypt , as well as the foreign ministers of Estonia , Austria , Pakistan , Russia, Canada , Italy , France , Albania and Norway .

The Freedom Falcons of Kurdistan (TAK) confessed to the attack on their website and announced further acts of violence. The attack was aimed at soldiers of the command brigade stationed in Kayseri, which is involved in fighting against militant Kurds in northern Syria. The TAK also confessed to the bomb attacks in Istanbul a week earlier . The Turkish government does not see the TAK as an independent organization, but as an extended arm of the PKK. The suicide bomber is said to have been a man born in 1990 from the eastern Anatolian city of Van .

On December 17, prosecutors announced the arrest of 15 suspects. In several cities there were riots against institutions of the pro-Kurdish party HDP . The HDP headquarters in Kayseri was stormed and the windows were smashed, people also penetrated the roof of the building, hoisted the flag of the nationalist MHP and set fire. Similar events occurred in Erzincan , Ankara , Istanbul , Çanakkale and Darıca . Several people involved in the rioting were arrested.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Turkey: Suicide car bomb in Kayseri kills 14 soldiers, The Australian.com
  2. ↑ Car bomb attack blamed on PKK kills 14 Turkish soldiers in Kayseri, ekurd.net
  3. ↑ 14 soldiers killed, 55 injured in public bus attack in Kayseri, turkishminute.com
  4. ↑ President Putin express train condolences to Erdoğan after Kayseri attack, hurriyetdailynews.com
  5. ↑ Ilham Aliyev offers condolences to his Turkish counterpart, trend.az
  6. ^ The President of Turkmenistan expresses the condolences to the President of the Republic of Turkey in relation with terrorist attack in Kayseri, TDH.gov.tm
  7. ↑ Estonian foreign minister offers condolences to Turkey Following Kayseri attack, err.ee
  8. ↑ World condemns terror attack in Turkey's Kayseri, usmuslims.com
  9. ↑ PKK / TAK claims responsibility for Kayseri attack, dailysabah.com
  10. ↑ PKK, Kayseri bombacısı olduğu iddia edilen Yıldırımçakar için 2 yıl önce taziye çadırı kurmuş, sputniknews.com
  11. ↑ Canlı Bombalar Kadir Kılınç, Kasım Yıldırım Çakar, bidoluhaber.tv
  12. ↑ Blast likely caused by car bomb which detonated next to bus near entrance of university, i24news.tv
  13. ^ Turkish nationalists storm Kurdish HDP party HQ after Kayseri attack, ekurd.net
  14. ↑ Turkey detains nine people over attacks on pro-Kurd party, thearabweekly.com