I have just heard on sky news.. a bomb has gone off in marmaris near the beachfront! i hope no one is seriously injured!! ill try and keep you updated with links!

here is a link but only in turkish though
http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/383484.asp

Latest news on sky is 4 explosions 3 in marmaris one on a dolmus and one bomb in Istanbul. They think their are fatalities.
suspect kudish seperatists.
22 injured. 10 british.

Reuters!
ANKARA (Reuters) - Four separate blasts on Turkey's popular coastal region and in Istanbul injured at least 22 people, state news agency Anatolian reported on Monday.

Anatolian said three blasts occurred near the southern coastal area of Marmaris and another one in Istanbul. Private NTV television channel earlier reported 21 people were injured. There were no immediate claims of responsibility and the authorities were not immediately available for comment.

Kurdish separatists, leftists and Islamic militants have carried out bomb attacks in Turkey in the past.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=TopNews&storyID=2006-08-27T233347Z_01_L27115125_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-TURKEY-EXPLOSIONS.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C2-TopNews-TopNews-1

its so sadd!!
heres another link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5291736.stm

Thank you Paige and MissCW for posting this news. I would not have known about it but for you. I am watching Sky News now and the reports are getting worse... . My prayers are with everyone.

hey guys,

the news has hit us here in australia too...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/many-hurt-in-turkey-blasts/2006/08/28/1156617244811.html

i hope people living in those areas r ok... Mamaris and Bagcilar in Istanbul.

my thoughts r with u all.

Mine too


I heared on the news they don't mean to kill people, they only want to scare the tourism away, so that Turkey will get into trouble. But mistakes are easily made. I can't believe they take such risks with human lives to scare tourism away!!

I only just woke up, and BBC World only said 'There were also boms in Turkey, if you want to know more about it you can check the website'..

Pff as if it's not important! Thanks all for posting the links My thoughts are with Turkey..

It makes me all so sad and angry again..

Hi all,
I have been also glued to the news since I woke up this morning, I straight away texted my girlfriend in Istanbul I know it happened last night but I still worry about her so much. My thoughts are with the Turkish and British people injured in these blatant attacks on people.

my thoughts are with everybody, im am so sad to hear of the bombs. how cruel people are.

There has to be other ways to scare off tourists. SURELY!!
These people know what they are doing.... BOMBS SERIOUSLY INJURE AND KILL PEOPLE... and they know that!!!

My thoughts are with all who are injured and with the poor families of the dead

No one deserves to die this way ! Just for going about their every day business.

These sort of news really upset me. Turkey is such a beautiful nice place. I just dont understand why Turkey has to go through all these threats.

I wish for peace in Turkey.

i heard about this today too,

at least nobody died.

thinking of all the injured though!

This is so sad, why would they want to scare tourism away from their country? Doesn't tourism benefit their ecomony. That's just crazy to me. I'll pray for all those innocent people who were injured.

another bomb in antalya, two dead now.

This is horrible and my heart goes out to those affected and their families. Unfortunately, it will have an absolutely DEVASTATING affect on tourism in Turkey next year.

hi u all,

Elisa,all people in Turkey live in peace and freedom...and there are some people who dont like these condition...But they all will have to leave this country someday...We all turkish young men promised to our ancestors for it ..we will keep this promise till we die and tell it to our children...
best regards

Lapinkulta:

who are they?

"But they all will have to leave this country someday..."

Whom you are talking about?

Im talking about the people who is killing the innocent people like in antalya and marmaris..

aferin EKDImn going to egypt in december too

these people wont be successfull..

aferin EKDImn going to egypt in december too

these people wont be successfull..

Have a wonderful time in Fethiye! Anything could happen anywhere at anytime today in terms of terrorism- it doesn't deter me either from living. Fethiye was my favorite town of the ten I traveled through this summer in Turkey.

The Blue Cruise was the highlight of my trip there.

Have you been to Fethiye before?

Christine

It scares me and makes me sad. I wonder when this will end and when the people who do it realize they will never get their target this way, whatever it may be. And if they do, it means 'we' say yes to violence.

Even if the the thing you fight for is a good thing (i'm not talking about this situation!!), you should never use violence. Because once you reach your goal, the experience wil have taught you that violence is a sollution to get what you want. It will make nations greedy and dangerous.

I hope, whoever the responsibles were and whatever their goal was, that their violence will stop and that they don't reach their goals through these ways.

Hi,
I go to Istanbul in september nothing will stop me seeing my loved one, we had attacks here in Britain and we will never give up living our lifes for anyone!

Of course WE will all go, we love Turkey and we are on a Turkish Language website. But others will not - even today I have heard people saying they will be too scared to go now.

Do we have to live in TC dreamworld now? OK then, there is no prejudice, no war, everyone loves eachother, the sun will shine always and there is no global warming!

Will that make everyone happy !!! !

That was a very good point you made. The majority don't have a connection with the country other than to get away on a holiday. Oh well, I will still be going in December to see the country and the person that I love. Safe travels to everyone!!

omg!! more bombs...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/one-dead-tourists-among-injured-in-turkish-bombs/2006/08/28/1156617274868.html

yeh, like sum of u have said, unfortunately this will affect the "all-inclusive" tourism.

but hey, it's not gonna affect me, i'll still be going to turkiye... when i have money

I think there is one idiot in Marmaris who is doing all these bombings. It is likely to be a pkk thing.

has anyone claimed responsibilty yet??

It never ceases to amaze me that there are so many radicals in the world who believe that the killing of innocent people is the way to have their voices heard.
In America, we just are days away from the 5th anniversay of the attack on the World Trade Center and other American targets. We still live with the horror of that day, but we did not let it stop us.
As millions of others do, in countries who have been targeted by terrorist far longer than we have, we continue live our lives.
My thoughts and prayers go out to all affected by this horrible attack.

Thank you for those who posted about the bombings in Turkey. I have been really busy with school work lately that I haven't been watching the news. But today I was able to check turkishclass and this particular thread caught my attention.

I hope the bombings stop and everything returns to normal. My prayers are with the victims of the bomb blasts.

this is the saddest news for this week..
i checked out for the links you all give..
i'll pray for all..

Scare away tourism and then what will the Turkish people have!!!!!!!

We are so upset by this new and pray that it stops....our thoughts are over there with our innocent Turkish and English friends

Jo-Anne

Do you think the reality is what you see? Then you are one of the TV watchers and believe whatever you hear on the TV. An example;
Years ago I was in Marmaris and there were 3 bombings each 5 minutes. Guess what? The only broadcasting was there is BBC ! Right 3 minutes after the bombings.
Another point is "Police catched the bombers. They were Greeks with a tshirt on them written "Hellas"
On the news it said "PKK has the responsibility of the attacks. But in fact they were Greeks who wanted to ruin Turkish tourism and get all the tourists from Turkey to greece. And yes they did it. Everybody knew it in Marmaris. I guess the government also knew it thats why there were many bomb attacks in Greek islands about a week later . One of the turkish newspaper had a headline "Who might have done it!" Like kidding.
Anyway I was watching the beauty of Marmaris and Rhodes too which is very close to Marmaris and thought to myself "why do people want to make these heavens "a hell" The both sides of the Aege is so beautiful . well if i knew the reason i could be a politician or something lese. Luckily I am still a human.
Yes I believe this time PKK has the responsibility of the attacks but more important thing is "Who and why encourage this illegal terror group? Who is behind them? Then we can find the right answers. I believe these unhumanised people had order from others .... Is it being paranoia? Then we cant understand each other.
The things I wrote here not to the Turkish learners actually. Just telling you what Turks believe "including me"
I wish a world without any arms, weapons, nuclear power" and wish a world where people live in peace and harmony.
Wish you all the best

My prayers are with the victims and their families.
It is sad that many people in this world don't understand that they will not take anything with them on their final jorney.Why they don't stop killing innocent people and start loving each other? It is horrible to hear this kind of news. Isn't that enough that natural disasters kill people? There are enough places and resourses for all.

All these bombings will not stop me from going to Turkey for sure Turkey is such a lovely place and furthermore he is there. The more I want to be there.

here is a video if anyone is intrested

http://www.ntlworld.com/news/story_world.php?page_zone=223.1.2&storyid=39380775

they wont be beaten!

just read this update...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/kurdish-rebels-say-they-planted-resort-bomb/2006/08/29/1156816900096.html

I got back from Turkey on tuesday. I was there in Antalya for when the bomb that went off. Lucky enough I was in a hotel 15 minutes away, but two days before I was in the main part of Antalya where it happened. Not good news. I hope the tourism doesn't decrease.

It all makes me more determined to be there .... I WON'T LET THE B*****DS WIN....... ANYONE ELSE WITH ME ON THIS ?

totally. I have like 3 holidays booked and people i would like to see again lol.

I hope there are many people who will still return to Turkey, but I think Deli_kizin says it all in her post below. However, people have short memories - tourism was affected badly in London and New York after bombings, but tourists have returned. It may be a bad year for tourism in Turkey next year, but I am sure people will not be able to keep away for long