February 2016 Ankara bombing

The perpetrator of the suicide bomb attack that killed at least 28 people in Ankara on Feb. 17 entered Turkey with a fake identity, an initial report within the investigation into the deadly bombing has revealed. 

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu received a briefing from security officials following the last terrorist attack in Ankara and decided on a new "Capital City Security Action Plan" for Ankara. According to this plan, police and new technological equipment support will be provided to the capital city.

The Feb. 17 Ankara bombing was committed by the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) together, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu? has said, adding that the real identity of the suicide bomber responsible for the assault would become clear after DNA tests.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu? said that the Feb. 17 Ankara bombing was a Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) linked action, adding that the real identity of the suicide bomber would be clear after DNA tests.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdo?an gave one of his strongest messages during an Istanbul evening organized at the historic Ç?ra?an Palace on Feb. 20 for the occasion of UNESCO's naming of Gaziantep as the "city of gastronomy."

Hosted by Gaziantep Mayor Fatma ?ahin, the evening gathered most of the diplomatic community there since it was known that Erdo?an would be the guest of honor.

Ankara expects the United States, a long-time ally in the struggle against terrorism, to consider any attack on Turkey as an attack on itself without any hesitation, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said, while commenting on a recent split on the the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG).

Turkey's presidency said U.S. President Barack Obama had shared his concerns over the Syrian conflict and promised his support on Feb. 19, hours after a tense exchange between the two NATO allies over the role of Kurdish militants.

The main reason behind the horrible Feb. 17 attack in Ankara is crystal clear: A world war is taking place just beyond Turkey's borders which is penetrating the country.

This is the second time in the past five months that Turkey's capital has been hit by terrorist carnage. The first one was in October 2015, when Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suicide bombers killed 101 civilians in front of the main train station. On Feb.

A bomb blast rocked central Ankara at rush hour on the evening of Feb. 17, killing 28 and wounding 61. Government sources stated that a suicide bomber pulled the trigger on 30 kilos of explosives next to two buses stopped at a red traffic light carrying military and civilian personnel back home from military offices.