Turkey Holds Security Talks after Blast amid Anger over Anakra’s Policy

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will chair a cabinet meeting Wednesday on bolstering security along the country's porous border after a devastating bombing blamed on the Takfiri group, ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and Levant).

Thirty-two people were killed and more than 100 wounded on Monday when a blast ripped through a gathering of young socialist activists preparing to take aid over the border into the flashpoint Syrian town of Kobani.

Turkey blast

Authorities said Tuesday they had identified a suspect in the suicide bombing in the town of Suruc, in a mainly Kurdish region on the Syrian border, the first attack on Turkish soil that the government has blamed directly on ISIL militants.

In harrowing scenes earlier in the day, relatives of the dead clutched the victims' coffins in a farewell ceremony in the southeastern city of Gaziantep ahead of their burial in towns across Turkey.

The killings prompted angry demonstrations by pro-Kurdish activists in several towns, who took to the streets to condemn the attack and protest against Ankara's policy in war-torn neighboring Syria.

Turkey has long been accused of not doing enough to halt the rise of ISIL, and even colluding with the group, media reports say.

In Istanbul, police fired tear gas and water cannons at a crowd of some 800 people that had gathered chanting anti-government slogans, including: "Murderer state will be brought to account." Demonstrations also took place in the predominantly Kurdish town of Nusaybin on the border with Syria.

Speaking during a visit to Sanliurfa, the hub of the region where Suruc is located, Prime Minister Davutoglu said there was a "high probability" the suicide bomber had connections to ISIL, without giving further details.

"One suspect has been identified. All the (suspect's) links internationally and domestically are being investigated," Davutoglu said, vowing to do "whatever is necessary against whomever is responsible".

"We expect this investigation to be concluded as soon as possible," he said, after visiting the 29 wounded still in hospital. "This is an attack that targeted Turkey."


Source: AFP	22-07-2015 - 09:36 Last updated 22-07-2015 - 09:36

Turkish parties, associations, people hold Erdogan responsible for the terrorist explosion of Suruc

Ankara, 21/7/2015 ~ Turkish parties, associations and people expressed, in demonstrations, statements and conferences, anger over the terrorist explosion that hit southern Turkish town of Suruc, holding Butcher Erdogan and his regime responsible for the bombing.

On Monday, at least 3o people were killed in a terrorist bombing during a meeting of young activists to discuss the reconstruction of the Syrian city of Ain Al-Arab and to express solidarity with it in the face of the Takfiri terrorism.

Republican People’s Party (CHP) Vice Chairman Veli Agbaba stressed that the terrorist bombing, which rocked Suruc town to the southeast of Turkey Monday, is the result of policies adopted by the regime of Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party “AKP” and of the dangerous acts of the Turkish intelligence in Syria.

The bombing proved dangers of the foreign policy adopted by AKP government and Turkish intelligence which has become no longer a national intelligence, but rather a personal one that serves only Erdogan, Agbaba said in a press conference with the CHP Deputy Chairman Sezgin Tanrikulu after inspecting the site of the bombing.

For his part, former Turkish foreign minister in the AKP government Yasar Yakis affirmed that the “Turkish outrageous interference” in the Syrian affairs is one of the main reasons behind the terrorist bombing in Suruc town.

In an interview with CNN Turk, Yakis referred to the support which has been provided by the regime in Turkey to the terrorist organizations in Syria since the beginning of the crisis.

Meanwhile, The Socialist Youth Associations Federation (SGDF) stressed the responsibility of the AKP and the Turkish intelligence for the terrorist bombing of Suruc.

Turkish Yurt newspaper quoted SGDF as saying in a statement that “The AKP and the Turkish intelligence carried out the terrorist bombing in cooperation with ISIS terrorist organization.”

In the same context, Erdogan’s security forces quelled massive demonstrations in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Diyarbakir and other Turkish provinces and cities that took to the streets on Monday evening in condemnation of the terrorist bombing in Suruc town and of the policies adopted by Erdogan and the AKP which support terrorist organizations including ISIS in Syria, the region and now in Turkey.

The participants in the demonstrations, who represented various Turkish parties and organizations, affirmed that Erdogan’s regime and his party are responsible for all the terrorist crimes witnessed in Syria, the region and now in Turkey, calling upon the Turkish people to stand in the face of Erdogan’s policies.

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