Fearing further attacks, match between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe canceled. Celebrations for Nouruz, the Kurdish New Year, banned. Israel advises citizens not to go to Turkey. The bomber was a young Turkish man who fought for the Islamic State in Syria. Five other suspects arrested.
The 13 March attack was claimed by TAK (Kurdistan Freedom Falcons). "Revenge" for 300 Kurds killed in Cizre in security force operations. Kurdish lawyers and university students detained. Erdogan asks parliament to drop 'immunity of five Kurdish deputies, "accomplices" of terrorism.
Dozens of suspects are detained in Konya, Kocaeli, and Diyarbakir. Turkish forces hit Kurds in Tal Abyad, which they had taken from the Islamic State group. Erdogan’s AKP party claims it alone can avert chaos. Survey indicate that its support hovers around 41-43 per cent.
Tomorrow’ "emergency meeting" is set for Ankara with all NATO representatives. Yesterday Turkish jets carried out air strikes against PKK bases north of Dohuk and Arbil in Iraqi Kurdistan. Turkey wants to ensure that no autonomous Kurdish region emerges in Syria. Clashes occur in Istanbul and Diyarbakir.
Jihadist bases in Syria and PKK locations in northern Iraq targeted. 320 people arrested in 22 provinces of Turkey. They include suspected Islamic state militants and Kurdish militants. Demonstration in Istanbul dispersed with tear gas and rubber bullets. Mounting tensions ahead of tomorrow's a big demonsration "for peace" invoked by the Kurds.
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