2022 Istanbul bombing

2022 Istanbul bombing
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Location of explosion
Location of explosion
Beyoğlu district in Istanbul
Date13 November 2022 (2022-11-13)
Time16:20 (TRT)
Locationİstiklal Avenue, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
Coordinates41°02′06″N 28°58′53″E / 41.03500°N 28.98139°E / 41.03500; 28.98139
PerpetratorAhlam Albashir
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Deaths6
Non-fatal injuries81

A terrorist attack occurred on İstiklal Avenue in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, on 13 November 2022 (2022-11-13),[7][8] killing 6 people and injuring 81 others.[9]

No group has claimed responsibility, but Turkish authorities announced that Kurdish separatists were behind the attack,[10] implicating the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Turkey's interior minister, Süleyman Soylu, announced the arrest of the bomber and forty-six others.[11]

The city experienced previous terrorist attacks during the late 20th and early 21st century by Kurdish separatists and Islamist insurgents. An Islamic State suicide bombing in the same district killed four people in 2016.[12]

PKK, and SDF denied involvements in the bombing.[13] On 20 November, Turkey launched Operation Claw-Sword,[14] bombing nearly 500 targets in Syria and Iraq.[15]

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  2. ^ "PKK denies involvement in deadly Istanbul bombing". Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
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  4. ^ "HSM denies involvement in Istanbul explosion, calls for its exposure". Firat News Agency. 14 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Istanbul bomber believed to have Kurdish links but Islamic State ties possible – senior official". Reuters. 14 November 2022.
  6. ^ "PKK saldırıyı üstlenmedi; Türk yetkili IŞİD'i dışlamadıklarını söyledi". Euronews. 14 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Taksim İstiklal Caddesi'nde patlama: Ölü ve yaralılar var" [Explosion in Taksim Istiklal Street: There are dead and injured]. Sözcü (in Turkish). 31 May 2024. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  8. ^ English, Duvar (13 November 2022). "Explosion hits Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue". duvaR.english (in Turkish). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  9. ^ Tidman, Zoe; Daragahi, Borzou (13 November 2022). "Deadly explosion hits busy pedestrian street in Istanbul". The Independent. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  10. ^ Sabin, Lamiat (13 November 2022). "Woman may be involved in Istanbul 'terror attack' that killed at least six – Turkey". The Independent. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Turkish police arrest 46 people over Istanbul blast". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  12. ^ Gauthier-Villars, David; Ceylan, Azra; Toksabay, Ece (13 November 2022). "Six dead in Istanbul blast, Erdogan says it 'smells like terrorism'". Reuters.
  13. ^ "Opinion | We're America's most loyal ally in Syria. Don't forget us". The Washington Post. 3 December 2022. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023.
  14. ^ Hermann, Rainer (20 November 2022). "Syrien und Irak: Türkei bombardiert kurdische Stellungen". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Turkey vows intent 'stronger than ever' to secure Syrian border". France 24. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.