Balkan Athletics Championships - Istanbul

Balkan Athletics Championships - Istanbul

Salih Teksoz and Omer Faruk Bozdag poses for their new national record at the 28th Balkan Athletics Championships on February 10, 2024 in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Yagiz Gurtug/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

7 killed, 5 injured in restaurant explosion in W. Türkiye

STORY: 7 killed, 5 injured in restaurant explosion in W. Türkiye DATELINE: Dec. 31, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:22 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of explosion STORYLINE: At least seven people were killed and five others injured on Friday in an explosion at a restaurant in Türkiye's western province of Aydin, the provincial governor said. Initial findings show the blast occurred when the staff was replacing an empty gas cylinder in the kitchen at a restaurant in Nazilli district of Aydin, Governor Huseyin Aksoy told reporters. Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said an investigation was launched into the explosion and one person was detained. Four of the people who lost their lives in the explosion were women and three were children, Demiroren News Agency reported. Firefighters, health workers, and police were dispatched to the scene, the Demiroren report said, adding the fire caused by the explosion has been extinguished. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara. (XHTV)

TÜRKIYE-ISTANBUL-BOMB ATTACK-SUSPECTS

TÜRKIYE-ISTANBUL-BOMB ATTACK-SUSPECTS

(221116) -- ANKARA, Nov. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Citizens lay flowers to commemorate the victims of a bomb attack on the Istiklal avenue near Taksim Square in Istanbul, Türkiye, Nov. 16, 2022. Türkiye has detained 50 suspects over the deadly bomb attack in central Istanbul earlier this week, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said Tuesday. (Xinhua/Shadati)

Türkiye detains 50 for suspected links to deadly Istanbul bomb attack

STORY: Türkiye detains 50 for suspected links to deadly Istanbul bomb attack DATELINE: Nov. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view after the incident in central Istanbul 2. various of police investigating STORYLINE: Türkiye detained 50 suspects over the deadly bomb attack in central Istanbul earlier this week, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said Tuesday. The detainees include a Syrian woman who was caught soon after the incident for suspected planting the bomb that exploded on Istiklal avenue, Bozdag told the parliament. "Afterward, many people who assisted this terrorist and were considered in contact with this terrorist were also detained," he said. Turkish police said on Monday that the Syrian woman confessed that she had received the attack order from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its offshoot in Syria, the People's Protection Units (YPG). Both are listed as terrorist organizations by Türkiye. The explosion on S