June 2016 Istanbul bombing

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Jan. 29 lashed out at the European Parliament’s Turkey Rapporteur Kati Piri over her recent remarks about the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) “not being a threat.”

Police foiled a planned bomb attack by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Istanbul earlier this week.

Police have detained the planners of two deadly bomb attacks carried out by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in 2016 in Istanbul. 

Istanbul Governor Vasip Şahin stated that 44 people were detained in anti-terror operations on July 13, including those who planned deadly car bomb attacks in Beşiktaş and Vezneciler last year.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on March 26 summoned Switzerland's ambassador to Ankara to express its reaction over an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rally targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the Swiss capital Bern.   

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on March 25 summoned Switzerland's deputy ambassador to Ankara to express their reaction over an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rally targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the Swiss capital Bern.

Hospitals in Turkey are currently treating more than 70 people who have been injured in recent terrorist attacks, Health Minister Recep Akdağ told reporters in Ankara on Jan. 11.

Some 71 people wounded in deadly terror attacks in Istanbul, Kayseri and İzmir were currently undergoing medical treatments in hospitals, of which eight were in critical condition, Akdağ said. 

Islamic State on Monday claimed responsibility for the New Year’s Eve attack that killed 39 people in an Istanbul, Turkey nightclub.

The activities of 94 associations allegedly "threatening national security" and with links to terrorist organizations across 20 provinces have been terminated as a part of a decree law issued under Turkey's ongoing state of emergency, the Interior Ministry stated on Dec. 30.

The materials used in a car bomb attack on a bus carrying off-duty military personnel in the central Turkish city of Kayseri on Dec.17 were similar to those used in a twin bombing last week in Istanbul, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said.

Kurtulmus made the comment in an interview with broadcaster NTV. 

The death toll in the deadly Istanbul bomb attacks has risen to 44, Health Minister Recep Akdağ announced on Dec. 12.

Some 36 police officers were among the victims, Akdağ said.  

The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), an offshoot linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), claimed responsibility for the attack on Dec. 11.