| August 2016 Gaziantep bombing | |
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| Part of Turkey–ISIL conflict | |
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| Location | Şahinbey, Gaziantep, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 37°02′22″N 37°23′34″E / 37.039528°N 37.392846°E |
| Date | 20 August 2016 22:50 EEST (UTC+03) |
| Target | Wedding ceremony |
Attack type | Suicide bombing, Mass murder |
| Deaths | 57[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Injured | 66 (14 critically)[1][2] |
| Perpetrator |  Islamic State |
| Assailant | Suicide bomber |
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On 20 August 2016, a suicide bomber targeted a Kurdish wedding in Gaziantep, Turkey. 57 people were killed[1][2][3][4][5] and 66 injured in the attack, 14 critically.[1][2]
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- ^ a b Hume, Tim; Sariyuce, Isil; Sterling, Joe (22 August 2016). "Turkey backtracks on age of wedding bomber". CNN. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Turkey strikes Daesh positions in Syria's Jarablous, PKK's Syrian wing also takes hit". dailysabah.com. Daily Sabah. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Death toll rises to 57 in ISIL Gaziantep attack". hurriyetdailynews.com. Hürriyet Daily News. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.