Terrorist attack in Istanbul on January 1, 2017

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Terrorist attack in Istanbul on January 1, 2017 (Istanbul)
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Location of the attack site in Istanbul

In the terrorist attack in Istanbul on January 1, 2017 , 39 people were killed at around 1:15 a.m. local time ( 11:15 p.m. CET ). The attack took place in the Turkish nightclub Reina in Ortaköy , a district of Beşiktaş , on the European side of Istanbul , near the Bridge of the Martyrs of July 15 .

Sequence of events

Fatalities and injuries by nationality
nationality dead Injured
TurkeyTurkey Turkey 11 unknown
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 7th 9
IraqIraq Iraq 3 0
LebanonLebanon Lebanon 3 7th
JordanJordan Jordan 2 4th
MoroccoMorocco Morocco 2 3
IndiaIndia India 2 0
TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 2 0
GermanyGermany Germany 1 3
KuwaitKuwait Kuwait 1 5
LibyaLibya Libya 1 3
IsraelIsrael Israel 1 1
CanadaCanada Canada 1 0
RussiaRussia Russia 1 0
SyriaSyria Syria 1 0
FranceFrance France 0 3
BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 0 1
unknown 0 29
All in all 39 67+

An armed criminal broke into the Reina nightclub , one of the largest and most famous clubs in Istanbul. He shot a policeman and a civilian at the entrance, thereby gaining entry. There were 700 to 800 visitors in the restaurant, 37 of whom were killed. Numerous foreigners are among the fatalities. Some club goers jumped into the adjacent Bosporus and were rescued there by the police.

Investigations

The Turkish interior minister, Süleyman Soylu , announced immediately after the attack that they were "looking for a terrorist". According to eyewitnesses, the perpetrator spoke Arabic. The Governor of Istanbul Vasip Şahin confirmed that it was a terrorist attack. The perpetrator was armed with a long gun. According to the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım , the perpetrator or perpetrators mingled with the refugees and was initially able to escape undetected. At the crime scene were fingerprints and passport of the perpetrator found. Istanbul police have arrested a total of 50 suspects since January 2, 2017.

On January 16, 2017, the alleged perpetrator was arrested in Istanbul along with four other suspects, three women from Egypt, Senegal and Somalia, and an Iraqi. He and his four-year-old son are said to have hid in an apartment in the Esenyurt district of a friend and had two more weapons and almost $ 200,000 in cash at hand. According to media reports from the state news agency Anadolu Ajansı , the man comes from Uzbekistan , is of Kyrgyz origin and entered Turkey via Syria .

The suspect, 34-year-old Abdulgadir Mascharipov , had already entered Turkey illegally in January 2016 under the code name Ebu Muhammed Horasani Abdulkavi and made a confession on January 17, 2017.

backgrounds

Commitment to the attack

Allegedly, the Islamic State (IS) is committed to the attack on the nightclub. A "soldier of the caliphate " is mentioned as the perpetrator in a statement posted on the Internet .

Security situation before the attack

There were three IS attacks in Istanbul in 2016: one on January 12 (death of twelve German tourists), an IS suicide attack on an Istanbul shopping street on March 19 and the attack on Istanbul Airport on June 28, 2016 .

The owner of the Reina , Mehmet Koçarslan, announced shortly after the attack that American intelligence services had drawn attention to a possible attack on his club, whereupon tightened security precautions had been taken. However, the US embassy denied an explicit attack warning for the Reina , saying that only general warnings had been given. Club Reina is around 100 meters away from a main police station.

Because of the generally tense security situation due to previous terrorist attacks in the metropolis, around 17,000 police officers were on duty in Istanbul on New Year's Eve, according to media reports. The German embassy in Turkey recommended that Germans "responsibly examine participation in public events and festivities on New Year's Eve and New Year".

New Years Eve in Turkey

New Years Eve celebrations were introduced by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in 1932. In 1935 January 1st became a public holiday. Since the 1990s, with the rise of political Islam, New Year's Eve celebrations, which have also incorporated elements of the Christian Christmas festival , have increasingly been pushed back as an “un-Islamic” custom.

The Turkish religious authority had given the mosques it controlled a sermon on the Friday before New Year's Eve, in which New Year's Eve celebrations were portrayed as an un-Islamic sin. The Millî Gazete newspaper , for example, had a headline: “This day is the last day. This warning is the final warning! Don't celebrate! ”. Government critics accused the religious authorities and these newspapers of inciting the attack. Various Turkish organizations filed criminal charges against Mehmet Görmez , the head of the state religious authority. On January 1, 2017, Görmez condemned the act of terrorism, speculating that it was intended to cause uproar between people with different lifestyles.

Previous terrorist attacks in Turkey

There were a total of 20 terrorist attacks in Turkey in 2016. Among other things, 44 people were killed in a bomb attack in the vicinity of the Vodafone Arena on December 10, 2016, also in Beşiktaş .

Used on April 6, 2017

While trying to arrest him, American special forces killed a man with the code name Abdurakhmon Uzbeki , an IS functionary from Tajikistan and a confidante of IS chief al-Baghdadi on the road between al-Mayadin and ar-Raqqa in Syria on April 6, 2017 . He is considered to be one of the planners of the January 1st attack.

Reactions

National

government

  • The Turkish Broadcasting and Media Office RTÜK and the Prime Minister's Office imposed a news blackout.
  • After the crime, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that he would fight terrorism to the end.
  • The Turkish Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdağ : "This is a sneaky and treacherous terrorist attack against our Turkey, our peace, our unity, our brotherhood and against all of us." The fight against terror is continued "resolutely".
  • The Diyanet boss Mehmet Görmez : “It makes no difference whether this barbaric act was carried out in a bazaar or in a place of worship or in a place of entertainment. I strongly condemn the terrorists who carried out this massacre, which no Muslim conscience can accept. "

opposition

  • The Turkish opposition leader and CHP chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu : "The reason for this situation is that the government lacks a rational, scientific, sustainable and national anti-terror policy."

(Note: since the attempted coup in Turkey in mid-July 2016 , the Turkish government has largely silenced the opposition. Many MPs, politicians, journalists and others are in prisons.)

Other reactions

  • Reina owner and entrepreneur Mehmet Koçarslan said that he saw terrorism as an attack on the Turkish economy and tourism.

International

Russia

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin : “It is our duty to resolutely resist terrorist aggression. It's hard to imagine a more cynical crime than the murder of civilians at the height of the New Year celebrations. "

United States

  • US President Barack Obama was dismayed and expressed his condolences to the victims.
  • The spokesman for the National Security Council , Ned Price , announced that the US supports its NATO partner Turkey in the fight against terrorism.

Germany

  • Chancellor Angela Merkel : “Again terrorists have struck in your country. In Istanbul they carried out an inhuman and devious attack on people who wanted to celebrate the New Year together. I condemn this attack and convey my condolences to you. My thoughts this morning are with the victims, their families and friends. "
  • The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin shone in the colors of the Turkish flag on the evening of January 2nd.

European Union

United Nations

  • António Guterres , the Secretary General of the United Nations, condemns the despicable terrorist attack and hopes that the organizers and those responsible for this heinous act will be quickly identified and brought to justice. He also expressed his deep condolences for the families of the victims and his solidarity with the government and people of the Republic of Turkey and the countries whose nationals are affected.

China

  • China's President Xi Jinping expressed his condolences to President Erdogan for the victims. He strongly condemned the attack against civilians and said that China, together with Turkey and the international community, wanted to fight terrorism in order to maintain peace and stability in the world and in the affected region.

India

  • Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted the "bad news" that the two Indian victims included Abis Rizvi, a well-known Bollywood director, entrepreneur and son of an ex- Rajya Sabha member.

France

  • The French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced : " France reaffirms its commitment to the side of Turkey and all members of the international coalition in the fight against terrorism".
  • French President François Hollande , who traveled to Iraq on January 2, 2017 , said in a statement: “The President condemns the terrorist attack [...] and France continues to express its solidarity with Turkey in this case and with its allies merciless fight against this scourge. "

Individual evidence

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