Ankara bombing

Turkey police thwart protest on bombing anniversary

Police in Ankara on Monday used tear gas and plastic bullets to prevent pro-Kurdish activists from holding a protest to mark the first anniversary of the worst attack in Turkey`s modern history.

Oct 10, 2016, 17:59 PM IST

Turkey holds 5 over Ankara bombing, hits PKK in Iraq

A Turkish court detained five people overnight on suspicion of links to a March 13 suicide bombing in Ankara that killed 35, the Anatolia news agency reported today.

Mar 19, 2016, 18:09 PM IST

Turkey points finger at Kurdish rebels over Ankara bombing

Turkey on Monday blamed Kurdish rebels for a suicide car bombing that killed 35 people in Ankara, the latest in a series of attacks that has heightened concerns about security in the country.

Mar 15, 2016, 00:49 AM IST

One of Ankara bombers believed to be woman with PKK links: Turkey

One of the suicide bombers who struck central Ankara at the weekend, killing 36 people, is believed to be a woman linked to Kurdish rebels, a Turkish official said today.

Mar 14, 2016, 16:21 PM IST

34 killed and 125 injured in central Ankara suicide car bombing

A suicide car bomb ripped through a busy square in central Ankara Sunday, killing at least 34 people and wounding 125, officials said, the latest in a spate of deadly attacks to hit Turkey

Mar 14, 2016, 01:27 AM IST

Turkey announces new security measures after Ankara attack

Turkey is to introduce new national security measures, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday, in the wake of a suicide car bombing in Ankara that killed 28 people.

Feb 21, 2016, 01:42 AM IST

Kurdish militants claim Ankara bombing, warns foreign tourists

A Kurdish militant group on Friday claimed the suicide car bomb attack on a military convoy in the Turkish capital Ankara that killed 28 people, threatening new attacks targeting the crucial tourism sector.

Feb 20, 2016, 04:43 AM IST

Turkey blames Kurdish militants for Ankara bombing; vows reprisals

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed a Syrian Kurdish militia fighter working with Kurdish militants inside Turkey for a suicide car bombing that killed 28 people in the capital Ankara, and he vowed retaliation in both Syria and Iraq.

Feb 19, 2016, 05:33 AM IST

Turkish air strikes hit PKK camps in northern Iraq after Ankara bomb kills 28

 A suicide car bomb attack targeting military buses killed 28 soldiers and civilians in Ankara.

Feb 18, 2016, 15:31 PM IST

Blast hits Turkish cultural centre in Sweden

An explosion severely damaged part of a building that housed a Turkish cultural association in a Stockholm suburb late on Wednesday but no one was injured, police said.

Feb 18, 2016, 04:24 AM IST

Turkey's Erdogan says to fight forces behind Ankara bombing

Turkey`s fight against "pawns" carrying out attacks and the forces behind them will grow more determined, President Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement on Wednesday, after a car bomb killed at least 28 people in the capital Ankara.

Feb 18, 2016, 01:49 AM IST

28 killed in Ankara bomb attack on Turkish military

French President Francois Hollande denounced the attack as "odious".

Feb 18, 2016, 01:25 AM IST

'Death toll from Ankara attack rises to 99'

The death toll from the double suicide bombing in Ankara now stands at 99, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday, lightly raising the previous toll of 97 people.

Oct 15, 2015, 10:46 AM IST