Bomb attacks in Istanbul on December 10, 2016

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In the bombings of December 10, 2016 in Istanbul at 10:29 p.m. local time, two bombs exploded in the Istanbul district of Beşiktaş near the Vodafone Arena football stadium, killing 46 people. In addition, two assassins were killed.

Sequence of events

The first bomb attack occurred around 10:29 p.m. local time after the end of the Turkish First League football game between Beşiktaş Istanbul and Bursaspor . It came to a car bomb attack on a manned police bus of the riot police. At the entrance to nearby Maçka Park ⊙ , about 45 seconds after the explosion, a man with a large backpack blew himself up after a police patrol was about to inspect him because of the previous car bomb attack. As a result of the attacks, 48 ​​people died, including 38 police officers, eight civilians and the two assassins. More than 150 people were injured, some seriously.

After the attack

After the attack, the most important streets and squares were cordoned off and several checkpoints were set up. Immediately thereafter, the Turkish broadcasting supervisory authority RTÜK imposed a temporary ban on information, with the exception of official state statements.
Numan Kurtulmuş , one of the deputy prime ministers in the Yıldırım government , said that everything indicates that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was behind the attack. Shortly afterwards, the Kurdish terrorist organization Teyrêbazên Azadîya Kurdistan ( Freedom Falcons of Kurdistan ) assumed responsibility for the bombings in a letter of responsibility.

Several prosecutors were hired to investigate the attacks. Shortly afterwards, 13 people were arrested who were suspected of being involved in the bombings.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan officially confirmed the death toll in a statement on December 11, 2016 at 1.30 a.m. local time. He condemned the attacks in the strongest possible terms and blamed Turkey’s enemies such as the PKK , the Gülen movement and the Islamic State .

Ned Price, spokesman for the United States National Security Council , said "We stand by Turkey, our NATO ally, against all terrorists who threaten Turkey, the USA and world peace and stability".

On December 12, 2016, more than 220 members of the opposition Halkların Demokratik Partisi (HDP) were arrested, including the HDP leaders in Istanbul and Ankara, accused of "propaganda for the banned Kurdish Workers' Party PKK or membership in the PKK".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Deniz Yücel : Turkish government swears revenge for the attacks in Istanbul , Die Welt, December 12, 2016, accessed on December 13, 2016
  2. ↑ a b Beşiktaş saldırısında yaralanan polis şehit oldu , CNN-Türk, January 4, 2017, accessed on October 20, 2018
  3. ↑ Margaret Coker: At Least 38 Dead, 150 Wounded in Istanbul ( English ) Wall Street Journal. December 11, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ Maçka Parkı'ndaki canlı bomba için flaş açıklama ( Turkish ) Hürriyet. December 10, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  5. ↑ Son Dakika… İstanbul Beşiktaş'ta Vodafone Arena yakınında bombalı saldırı ( Turkish ) NTV. December 10, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  6. ↑ İstanbul'da bazı yollar kapatıldı, met trafigte son durum ne? ( Turkish ) T24. December 10, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  7. ↑ a b Dolmabahçe'de bomba yüklü araçla saldırı; ilk açıklamaya göre en az 20 yaralı var! ( Turkish ) T24. December 10th, 2016. Archived from the original on December 11th, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 11, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / t24.com.tr
  8. ↑ Son dakika… Numan Kurtulmuş: 'Oklar PKK'yı gösteriyor' ( Turkish ) Hürriyet. December 10, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  9. ^ Attacks in Istanbul: letter of confession from PKK splinter group. Tagesschau , December 11, 2016, accessed on December 11, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Son dakika haberi… İstanbul'da iki alçak saldırı! Çok sayıda şehit ve yaralı var ( Turkish ) Hürriyeth. December 10, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  11. ↑ Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: Maalesef şehitlerimiz ve yaralılarımız var ( Turkish ) Habertürk. December 10, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  12. ↑ Erdoğan, patlamaların ardından Batı'yı hedef aldı: Teröristleri desteklemeyi tercih eden ülkeler ... ( Turkish ) T24. December 10th, 2016. Archived from the original on December 11th, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 11, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / t24.com.tr
  13. ↑ www.handelsblatt.com [1]
  14. ↑ Turkey after the attack: Erdogan arrests 100 pro-Kurdish politicians . Welt Online, December 12, 2016.
  15. ↑ More than 220 pro-Kurdish politicians arrested in Turkey . Welt Online, December 12, 2016.


Coordinates: 41 ° 2 ′ 19 ″  N , 28 ° 59 ′ 37 ″  E