A third bomb attack in five months has struck Turkey’s capital of Ankara as the country’s Palace and Justice and Development Party (AKP) government continues to turn the country into a bloodbath with conservative and sectarian war policies in collaboration with jihadist networks. A third bomb attack in five months has struck Turkey’s capital of […]
A third bomb attack in five months has struck Turkey’s capital of Ankara as the country’s Palace and Justice and Development Party (AKP) government continues to turn the country into a bloodbath with conservative and sectarian war policies in collaboration with jihadist networks.
A third bomb attack in five months has struck Turkey’s capital of Ankara as the country’s Palace and Justice and Development Party (AKP) government continues to turn the country into a bloodbath with conservative and sectarian war policies in collaboration with jihadist networks.
On 13 March 2016, an attack with a bomb-laden vehicle was perpetrated at around 18.40 next to a bus stop on Atatürk Avenue by Güvenpark and Kızılay Square, killing at least 37 people and injuring around 125 more.
Pursuing multiple strategies on many fronts and creating a political climate that aims to blur the perpetrators of the attacks, the Palace-AKP government used two previous attacks in Ankara (one on 10 October 2015 and the second on 17 February) as an excuse to pursue war aims both at home and abroad.
In 10 October 2015, in Ankara, 100 people were killed in front of the Ankara Main Train Station in a double suicide attack against participants in a rally for labor, peace and democracy. Following the massacre, the Palace-AKP government intensified its war policies, allowing it to regain its majority government in 1 November 2015 general elections having previously suffered a reverse in 7 June 2015 elections.
Ahead of the 10 October 2015 bombing, it was determined that the suicide bombers, despite being subjected to ostensible physical and technical surveillance, succeeded in perpetrating the massacre after passing through police checkpoints.
BOMB ATTACK TO THE MILITARY CONVOY IN ANKARA
On 17 February 2016, an attack was organized against a military convoy with a bomb-laden vehicle on Merasim Street, which is located near military lodgings and is just 400 meters from the Turkish General Staff Headquarters and 650 meters from the Turkish parliament. Twenty-nine people were killed and 61 people were injured in the attack.
Immediately after the attack, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu declared the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG) to be responsible, using the assault as an excuse for military intervention against Kurdish forces in Syria.
Turkish officials declared Salih Neccar to be the perpetrator of the attack, claiming they had “intelligence and documents” proving the allegations. While the PYD and YPG rejected the allegation, the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) claimed responsibility for the attack.
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