AlphaMonster 1,806 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Up to 28 people have been killed and at least 60 injured in a rush-hour car bombing targeting military personnel in the heart of the Turkish capital close to Turkish Armed Forces Headquarter. Attack has not been claimed by any organizations yet but PKK is the biggest suspect considering Turkish Armed Forces launched operations against terrorist organization PKK in southern eastern region of Turkey, and started shelling YPG(Syrian branch of PKK) in Syria. ISIS is the other suspect... https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/the-latest-governor-at-least-5-killed-in-ankara-blast/2016/02/17/077eb266-d59a-11e5-a65b-587e721fb231_story.htmlhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/17/ankara-explosion-turkey-injures-large-number-of-people-reports-say NATO’s secretary general says he strongly condemns the “terrorist attack” in Ankara that killed at least 28 people and wounded 61 others. In a statement Wednesday, Anders Fogh Rasmussen offered his “deepest condolences to the families of those killed and to the Turkish people. ”He said there can be no justification “for such horrific acts” and that “NATO Allies stand shoulder to shoulder in the fight against terrorism.” Turkish security council had an emergency meeting with participations of President, Prime Minister, Head of Turkish Armed Forces, Land Forces, Naval Forces, Air Forces, and National Intelligence Organization (MIT). UPDATE: - YPG denied the responsibility for the attack. PKK claimed "de facto" responsibility according to my interpretation. - Turkish Warplanes started hitting PKK targets in Northern Iraq. - PKK leader Cemil Bayik said that the attack "could be" a retaliation for Turkey's operations against PKK and YPG. Considering how ambiguous Bayik spoke, Bayik avoided taking the direct responsibility but took "de facto" responsibility. To understand this, you have to understand the whole conflict. Turkey has a long history fighting Kurdish Insurgency involving operations out of Turkish territory, northern Iraq so many times (Turkey has a military base in northern Iraq too). Conflict caused so many problems from mass immigrations to economic deficits. GDP per capita of western cities of Turkey average around $25k while GDP per capita of southern eastern cities with high PKK presence are usually around (or less than) $5k which shows the economic problems insurgency causes very clearly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaMaisonGaga 23,884 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 R.I.P. oh my god. lamaisongaga.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Applause 650 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I met a friend who is from there over summer, I am so thankful she marked herself safe on the Facebook Safety Check. R.I.P people... Xalser Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 128,852 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Scary and sad, when it'll stop? So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiphEret 1,320 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Oh ****, man that's insane! Turkey is not safe with the PKK issue and ISIS. I hope no one you knew was injured! Sur le sable sur la neige, Sur les images dorées,Sur le front de mes amis, J’écris ton nom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaMonster 1,806 Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 UPDATE: - YPG denied the responsibility for the attack. PKK claimed "de facto" responsibility according to my interpretation. - Turkish Warplanes started hitting PKK targets in Northern Iraq. - PKK leader Cemil Bayik said that the attack "could be" a retaliation for Turkey's operations against PKK and YPG. Considering how ambiguous Bayik spoke, Bayik avoided taking the direct responsibility but took "de facto" responsibility. To understand this, you have to understand the whole conflict. Turkey has a long history fighting Kurdish Insurgency involving operations out of Turkish territory, northern Iraq so many times (Turkey has a military base in northern Iraq too). Conflict caused so many problems from mass immigrations to economic deficits. GDP per capita of western cities of Turkey average around $25k while GDP per capita of southern eastern cities with high PKK presence are usually around (or less than) $5k which shows the economic problems insurgency causes very clearly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 79,308 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Terrorism is so scary... Like ISIS started using chemical weapons, sooner or later they could get nuclear, and the fact that they don't have one home country, a huge factory base, makes it even harder to destroy them. They're online, they're in every country. My friend knew someone at her school who joined ISIS, it's terrifying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaMonster 1,806 Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 14 minutes ago, neptugne said: Terrorism is so scary... Like ISIS started using chemical weapons, sooner or later they could get nuclear, and the fact that they don't have one home country, a huge factory base, makes it even harder to destroy them. They're online, they're in every country. My friend knew someone at her school who joined ISIS, it's terrifying. Funniest note is that none of our governments do anything against ISIS currently... All countries use ISIS for their own agenda, and avoid conflict with them since they all fear attacks ISIS might organize in population centers... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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