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Two Blasts In Istanbul
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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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