Explosion in Istanbul square
January 12, 2016 10:49On the tourist Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, the Blue Mosque, Tuesday morning was a loud explosion. In addition, several people were injured according to initial reports.
On the tourist Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, the Blue Mosque, Tuesday morning was a loud explosion. In addition, several people were injured according to initial reports.
The Turkish police in Istanbul Friday raided an office of the pro-Kurdish party HDP and has thereby been arrested six people. The action was part of an operation against the militant youth wing of the PKK.
And from Istanbul on Wednesday a large number of flights fell through because of snow. Also Thursday, when snow is expected to fall further, providing an air traffic disruption.
While the Netherlands is heading the hottest new and old in years, and ski slopes in the Alps have to do it almost without exception with artificial snow, Istanbul is getting ready for an overdose of wintry precipitation.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has played on Christmas Day for rescue. The Turkish president, who himself likes presenting itself as father of the nation, talking to a man who wanted to commit a suicide jump in the Bosphorus.
Two cleaners have been injured by an explosion in a plane at Istanbul's second airport. It is a unit of the Turkish airline Pegasus Airlines. The cause of the explosion is still unknown.
Turkish police on Sunday used tear gas against hundreds of protesters in Taksim Square in Istanbul. The protesters had come to the square to protest against the operation of the military against the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu accused Russia of ethnic cleansing in the province of Latakia in northern Syria. Moscow forces leave Turkomen and Sunnis to protect so Russian and Syrian bases.
The US consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul Wednesday remains closed to the public because of a " potential security threat." That the diplomatic mission said Tuesday.
When an explosion in a subway station in Istanbul's Taksim Square on Tuesday afternoon would be a person to have died. Also, there someone got injured. What exactly is going on is not clear. A Turkish news reports that it is a potential explosion in a transformer.
Family of the Syrian Kurdish boy Aylan, whose remains on a Turkish beach shocked public opinion in many countries will be living in Canada. Canadian media reported Friday that a Canadian aunt Aylan, Tima Kurdi, has announced that her brother Mohammed arrives with his family quickly in Canada and comes to live with her . Canada takes over as the new prime minister Justin Trudeau fulfill his election promise to end the year 25 000 Syrian refugees.
A Turkish Airlines plane landed early Sunday morning in Canada, because there was a bomb threat made . The unit with 256 people on board was en route from New York to Istanbul.
Turkey has arrested eight Moroccans suspected of links with Islamic State. They are sent back to Morocco, authorities said Thursday.
In the eight suspects arrested Istanbul airport that may have a relationship with IS. The men presented themselves as refugees and were on their way to Germany. According to the Turkish state news agency Anadolu was their strange story.
Police in Turkey have eleven suspected supporters of terrorist group Islamic State (IS) was arrested in Istanbul. The anti-terrorist unit of the police has done simultaneous raids on more than twenty addresses in the city, Anadolu news agency reported Thursday. Among the seven suspects are foreigners.
During the Sunday parliamentary elections in Turkey have been some incidents. At a polling station in the province of Kocaeli, east of Istanbul, were supporters of the ruling AK clashed with supporters of the left-wing, pro-Kurdish party HDP.
Offices of the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet be extra safe since Saturday. The newspaper reported on the website that the police this week supporters of Islamic State (IS) has arrested suspected it had provided on the newspaper. The extremists were arrested in Gaziantep and had the address of the newspaper with him.
Certainly twelve people found this month in Istanbul death after they had drunk alcohol poisoning. Dozens of people have been hospitalized with symptoms of poisoning such as blindness and upset stomach.
The police using water cannon has a tear gas Wednesday in Istanbul stormed the headquarters of the media group Koza Ipek Holding. Numerous people for the property vainly tried to stop the police and new management.
A court in Turkey has 244 members sentenced to anti-government protests in Istanbul in 2013 to prison terms of between 2.5 and 14.5 months. Seven defendants were acquitted.
Journalist Jacky Sutton ( 50 ) , a former employee of the BBC , is found dead Sunday night on the toilet from Istanbul airport .
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is committed to a more flexible visa policy for Turkish nationals who wish to travel to EU countries . In return, they expect Istanbul refugee policy tightens .
In the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul on Sunday arrested about fifty people who are suspected of involvement in the terrorist group Islamic State. All those arrested are foreigners , according to the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet .
In the Turkish capital Ankara Saturday held a memorial for the bomb attack in the city last week. , Killing 102 people died . Dozens of people gathered at the train station where the terrorist attack took place.
Violence in Turkey for weeks - if not months - to the order of the day . But as if the bloody attacks perpetrated Saturday in Ankara , it was not long. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the main railway station of the city . Certainly 86 people died and another 186 were wounded. The attacks are not claimed , so the Turkish government still impaired in the dark about the angle from which the attack came .
The chief of the Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman was arrested , because he has made on Twitter criticizing Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He is accused of insulting Erdogan.