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Two Blasts In Istanbul
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27 Jul 2008 Sun 11:23 pm |
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at least 13 people have been killed and 70 wounded !!!
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28 Jul 2008 Mon 12:24 am |
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shame on all whose feeding with innocent people´s bloods!!!!! and i wish condolance to all familes who lost their memebers on this blasts((
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28 Jul 2008 Mon 12:27 am |
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This is so sad... i was watching tv and all the channels started to report this...
According to the news... in a very busy street for the Gungoren district citizens, first a bomb exploads and the crowded goes there then the second bomb exploads...
its sad that i can only wish blessings to the dead ones and patience to their rest...
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28 Jul 2008 Mon 12:27 am |
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I have just heard this shocking news, I am currently on holiday in the U.K. and my wife is in Istanbul. I telephoned her to see if her sister was okay she lives quite near this district. She has just texted me and she is okay.
My thoughts and prayers are with all the Turkish people
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28 Jul 2008 Mon 12:29 am |
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My thoughts and prayers go out to all the people who are affected by this terrible event.
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28 Jul 2008 Mon 12:43 am |
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this sort wild an traitor attacks sure will creat big sadness for our people,but i believe it will add more on ur national unity with common sense..!!!!innocents die 1 time but traitors&cruels everyday..
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28 Jul 2008 Mon 01:33 am |
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Quoting SuiGeneris:
According to the news... in a very busy street for the Gungoren district citizens, first a bomb exploads and the crowded goes there then the second bomb exploads...
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Here is the full article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7527977.stm
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28 Jul 2008 Mon 06:14 am |
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Quoting SuiGeneris: According to the news... in a very busy street for the Gungoren district citizens, first a bomb exploads and the crowded goes there then the second bomb exploads... |
Where is this district? It is indeed tragic...
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28 Jul 2008 Mon 07:39 am |
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güngören is a small industrial and working class residential district near bakırköy
Istanbul Districts
(i couldn´t get the image to show on this page)
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28 Jul 2008 Mon 08:31 am |
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You can go to Google maps and type "güngören" or "gungoren" that should locate where it is.
Or click on this
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28 Jul 2008 Mon 08:41 am |
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thank you gezbelle and si++!
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28 Jul 2008 Mon 09:37 am |
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Such a tragedy...my thoughts go to those killed or hurt and their families
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28 Jul 2008 Mon 09:49 am |
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Quoting Daydreamer: Such a tragedy...my thoughts go to those killed or hurt and their families |
Mine too.
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28 Jul 2008 Mon 10:19 am |
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This is dreadful. My thoughts and prayers for all the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives in this heartless attack.
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28 Jul 2008 Mon 02:06 pm |
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terrible news. my thoughts go out to all people effected. made our first visit there in june and loved the place. have seen area on maps provided on this site. is it close to taksim square or dolmabahce palace?
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28 Jul 2008 Mon 02:12 pm |
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Quoting Johnk: terrible news. my thoughts go out to all people effected. made our first visit there in june and loved the place. have seen area on maps provided on this site. is it close to taksim square or dolmabahce palace? |
no,it is not so far from airport
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28 Jul 2008 Mon 10:55 pm |
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I don´t know why this area,but possible because it would not be considered as high of risk to foreign targets. Areas like Taksim, Beyoglu, Levent, Ortakoy, etc, are under hightened security this summer. This area of Old Istanbul near Bakırköy would not be considered a security target.
My other explanation is that the people that performed the attack may very well live in that area so they knew what risk they were taking. Their chances of getting caught in this area were perhaps statistically lower.
How horrible though. Thats all I can say...
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29 Jul 2008 Tue 11:11 am |
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Quoting KeithL: I don´t know why this area,but possible because it would not be considered as high of risk to foreign targets. Areas like Taksim, Beyoglu, Levent, Ortakoy, etc, are under hightened security this summer. This area of Old Istanbul near Bakırköy would not be considered a security target.
My other explanation is that the people that performed the attack may very well live in that area so they knew what risk they were taking. Their chances of getting caught in this area were perhaps statistically lower.
How horrible though. Thats all I can say... |
Somebody (a bomb expert) was talking on the news yesterday. He said the same bomb wouldn´t kill as many as this if exploded at Taksim. Apperantly they wanted more innocent people to be killed. They waited before exploding the second one until enough crowd were gathered then they blew it remotely (they were watching the crowd).
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02 Aug 2008 Sat 10:03 pm |
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Interior Minister Beşir Atalay said that suspects of deadly İstanbul bombings have been arrested.
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=149244
According to Milliyet, Hurriyet and Radikal they are from PKK, PKK is still denying.
I guess we have to wait and see
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