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CHRONOLOGY-Recent bomb blasts in Turkey
22 May 2007 18:08:04 GMT
Source: Reuters
May 22 (Reuters) - A bomb at a crowded shopping mall in Turkey's capital Ankara on Tuesday killed four Turks and a Pakistani and injured more than 60 people, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said.

Following is a chronology of some of the major bombings in Turkey over the past four years:

Nov. 15, 2003 - Thirty people are killed and 146 wounded when car bombs shatter two synagogues in Istanbul. Authorities name two men from southeast Turkey as the suicide bombers, saying the attacks bear the hallmarks of the al Qaeda network.

Nov. 20, 2003 - Thirty-two people are killed and many wounded in two explosions in Istanbul. Part of the HSBC Bank headquarters is destroyed. The British consulate is damaged.

June 24, 2004 - Four people are killed and 15 wounded in an explosion in Istanbul, before U.S. President George W. Bush is due to arrive in the city.

July 2, 2005 - Six people are killed and 15 injured after a bomb planted by Kurdish guerrillas explodes on a train between the eastern towns of Elazig and Tatvan in Bingol province.

July 6, 2005 - A bomb rips through a minibus in the western holiday resort of Kusadasi, killing at least five people, including a British woman and an Irish woman.

Nov. 9, 2005 - A bomb kills one in Semdinli near the Iraqi and Iranian borders. A Turkish court later charged a military sergeant and a former Kurdish rebel with involvement.

Feb. 9, 2006 - A bomb explodes in the Bayrampasa district of Istanbul. One person is killed and 16 injured. The Kurdistan Liberation Hawks claim responsibility.

Feb. 13, 2006 - Six people are injured, one seriously, after a bomb explodes at the Kiler supermarket on the European side of Istanbul. The Kurdistan Liberation Hawks (TAK) claim responsibility for the blast and pledge more attacks.

June 25, 2006 - A blast tears through a tourist area about 100 km (60 miles) east of the southern resort of Antalya, killing four and injuring 28. The TAK claim responsibility.

Aug. 25, 2006 - Two bombs explode in the southern city of Adana, injuring four people.

Aug. 27, 2006 - Ten Britons and six Turks are wounded when their minibus is blown up in the tourist town of Marmaris on the Mediterranean coast. Five others are hurt by two other bombs.

-- Another blast in the Bagcilar district of Istanbul injures six.

Aug. 28, 2006 - Three people are killed and 87 injured in a blast in Antalya, southern Turkey. The TAK claim responsibility.

May 22, 2007 - Four Turks and a Pakistani are killed in a bomb blast at a mall in Ankara. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan says it is a "vicious, ruthless terror attack".
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Turkey's Minister of State Ali Babacan (L), Turkey's energy minister Hilmi Guler (C) and EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn attend a news conference after the "Turkey and the EU: Together for a European Energy Policy" conference in Istanbul June 5, 2007.



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