Timeline of major attacks in Turkey since 2015

After no less than six folks have been killed in an explosion within the coronary heart of Istanbul, right here’s a timeline of main blasts in Turkey.

Security and ambulances at the scene after an explosion on Istanbul's popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue.
Safety and ambulances collect on the scene of the explosion on Istanbul's widespread pedestrian avenue Istiklal avenue on November 13, 2022 [AP Photo/Francisco Seco]

No less than six folks have been killed and dozens injured in an explosion on Istanbul’s widespread pedestrian thoroughfare Istiklal avenue, town’s governor has tweeted.

The reason for the blast was not instantly clear.

That is the primary such explosion in Turkey’s largest metropolis in a number of years. Turkey was hit by a string of lethal bombings between 2015 and 2017 by ISIL (ISIS) and outlawed Kurdish teams.

Right here’s a timeline of blasts in Turkey:

July 2015: No less than 30 folks have been killed and practically 100 wounded after an explosion within the southeastern Turkish city of Suruc, on the border with Syria.

August 2015: A bomb assault at a police station in Istanbul injured 5 cops and two civilians.

October 2015: Two explosions at a highway junction within the centre of the Turkish capital Ankara killed no less than 95 folks and injured practically 200 others.

February 2016: No less than 28 folks have been killed and 60 others wounded in a automobile bomb in Ankara.

March 2016: No less than 37 folks have been killed and greater than 70 hospitalised with wounds after a automobile bomb struck Ankara.

March 2016: No less than 5 have been killed and 36 wounded after an explosion believed to have been brought on by a suicide bomber hit the favored Istiklal avenue in central Istanbul’s Taksim Sq. space.

June 2016: No less than 41 folks have been killed and practically 239 others wounded in an assault at Istanbul’s principal Ataturk worldwide airport.

August 2016: Greater than 50 folks have been killed and dozens extra wounded in a suicide assault at a marriage ceremony in Turkey’s southeastern province of Gaziantep, close to the Syria border.

October 2016: A automobile bomb assault on a army station killed no less than 18 folks within the Hakkari province of southeast Turkey.

November 2016: ISIL claimed duty for a automobile bombing that killed 9 folks in Kurdish-dominated southeastern Turkey.

December 2016: Two explosions hit the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul, killing no less than 38 folks, principally police personnel, and wounding greater than 160 others.

January 2017: No less than 39 folks have been killed and dozens extra wounded in an assault on a crowded nightclub in Istanbul.

January 2017: An explosion outdoors a courtroom within the Turkish Aegean metropolis of Izmir killed no less than two folks, together with a police officer, and wounded a number of others, in keeping with a press release by the governor of town.

July 2019: No less than three folks have been killed in a automobile bomb blast within the southern Turkish city of Reyhanli, situated near the Syrian border.

September 2019:Seven folks have been killed and 10 others wounded in southeast Turkey’s Diyarbakir province when an improvised explosive gadget (IED) positioned on a highway went off as a automobile carrying villagers handed by.

November 2022:No less than six folks have been killed and a dozen others wounded on Sunday, November 13 when an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian avenue in central Istanbul, in keeping with the native governor and revealed movies.

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