Roger Short

A convicted al-Qaeda suspect who was detained by gendarmerie on April 19 while working as a village imam in the Central Anatolian province of Çankırı has admitted to involvement in the 2003 HSBC bombing.

It was very sad to hear of the armed attack against Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov on Dec. 19 at the opening of a photo exhibition at a gallery in central Ankara. As a matter of fact, despite regional turbulence and tensions, Ankara has always been a safe capital for diplomats and ambassadors.

The following is a list of the worst bomb attacks in Turkey since 1982:  

August 7, 1982: A bomb at Ankara's Esenbo?a Airport followed by a gun battle leaves 11 dead and 63 injured. The attack is claimed by the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA).