After shock, confusion. As Istiklal Avenue, Istanbul’s beating heart, is decked out in red to pay tribute to the victims of Sunday afternoon’s attack, a wind of anger and uncertainty hangs over Turkey’s cultural capital. Cited by Turkish authorities, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a Kurdish armed organization designated as a terrorist organization by Ankara as well as the European Union and the United States, claims: “It is known that we have nothing to do with this event, that we do not target civilians and reject the actions..» For its part, the Syrian Democratic Forces (the US-backed anti-ISIS military coalition in Syria that relies heavily on the YPG, the Syrian branch of the PKK) also denied involvement in the attack.
“According to our conclusions, the terrorist PKK is responsible.” However, Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu said on Monday. A few hours after the attack…
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Source: Le Figaro
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