Shock in Turkey from the terrorist attack in Istanbul – How the attack happened

Turkey is shocked by the terrorist attack in Istanbul with a tragic toll of six dead and 81 injured.

Turkish authorities announced that a person, possibly a woman, had been arrested, while Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu announced that the Kurdish PKK was behind the attack.

According to what SKAI correspondent, Manolis Kostidis, who was at the place where the terrorist attack took place yesterday afternoon, the authorities are making efforts to restore the busy road to a normal rhythm.

It is a very touristic spot in Istanbul with dozens of shops, where thousands of people walk every day.

According to what Manolis Kostidis said, there were benches on the road for rest, which were already “removed”. So it seems, the perpetrator left her bag on one of those benches and left.

Then followed the huge explosion, while thousands of people were walking on its commercial pedestrian street Istanbulin Peran.

The explosion killed six people, including a small child.

Erdogan: Give Gülen

In this climate, Erdogan brings back the issue of Gülen’s extradition by turning against the US.

He claimed that “the US supports and does not give us the leader of the FETO organization Gulen”. The Turkish president said he was unsure if he would meet with Biden and added that if there was a meeting he would tell him all this.

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“From the past we have stated that this man is supported in the USA and hidden in the USA. That’s what I told Biden himself when he was vice president. I told him ‘why don’t you give us this one. We gave you your priest, give us our priest. If there is a possibility of our meeting with Mr. Biden, we will discuss this issue again,” Erdogan said.

Meanwhile, backlash continues over the pseudo-state’s membership in the Organization of Turkish States, but Erdogan responded by saying “we don’t care at all what the EU says and thinks.”

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The Turkish president said: “With infrastructure and other steps we will take different steps in Cyprus. We don’t care at all what the EU says, what the EU thinks. What matters is how we see these events. Our point of view is known. And we showed this there and agreed with the leaders of the Turkic states. But earlier we made our speech at the UN. This speech of ours is a vision of the future.”

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