A group linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party admitted to carrying out Wednesday’s attack in Ankara, which killed 28 people and dozens wounded. The statement was published on the internet group.
According to the Syrian authorities responsible for the attack was borne by the Kurdish militia armed YPG in cooperation with the militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The statement ascribing authorship of the attack police YPG filed on Thursday, Prime Minister of Turkey, Ahmet Davutoglu, and on Friday morning with a similar accusation occurred president of the country Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
On Thursday, Turkish media reported that police identified the bomber Ankara as Salih Necare, Syrian citizen, who recently escaped to Turkey as a refugee and is associated with Kurdish militias in Syria. Necar is suspected of having ties with the YPG.
“The coup carried out February 17 on the streets of Ankara by militant suicide was directed at soldiers of the fascist Turkish Republic as retaliation for the action of the Turkish police and army against the Kurdish population,” – noted in a statement “Sokolow Kurdistan Freedom.”
Almost all the fatalities in Wednesday’s bombing that Turkish soldiers (26 military 28 all killed).
“Freedom Falcons of Kurdistan” is a group of militants Kurdish, operating in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. This grouping aims to secession of Kurdistan. According to experts, the emergence of “Freedom Falcons” on the political scene was the result of divisions in the Kurdistan Workers Party.
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Even the day of the attack the Turkish source in the security services, quoted by Reuters news agency, said that the first signs suggest that it was behind the bomb separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
One of the main leaders of the PKK, Cemil Bayik said on Thursday that he does not know who is behind the attack in the capital, but it could be revenge for the “massacre Kurdistan “- said the Kurdish news agency Firat.
the attack in the center of the Turkish capital, where there are many ministries, the general staff of the army barracks, parliament and other government buildings, took place in przedwieczornych peak hours. Car bomb exploded near the military vehicles waiting at a red light. 28 people were killed and 61 wounded.
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The coup in Ankara has been strongly condemned by the United States. By the way Washington confirmed its solidarity with Turkey, a close ally and partner in NATO.
Turkey for a long time struggling with terrorism. In October last year, there has been the biggest coup in the modern history of this country.
The bombs exploded in Ankara, when thousands of activists from all over Turkey gathered to take part in a protest against the resumption of the conflict between Ankara and Kurdish militants. The march was organized by trade unions, NGOs and leftist parties. The attack killed nearly 100 people and nearly 200 were injured.
The authorities declared three days of mourning.
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Ankara believes that for terrorist attacks in Turkey they correspond to the so-called Islamic State and Kurds. On the other hand, many Kurds, but also supporters of the opposition, accused the authorities that support the IS in Syria, to prevent becoming too strengthening the fighting there with jihadists Kurds.
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