15 wounded in attack in Turkey

[Swede]

Source: AP

A roadside bomb attack on a police vehicle in Istanbul lightly wounded 15 people on Tuesday, Turkish police and news reports said.

The bomb went off in the Kucukcekmece district, on the outskirts of the city, as the vehicle was passing. Police officers in the vehicle and a number of passers-by were hurt.



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[davidinalameda]

1. how long before the Israelis are blamed

5 4 3 2 1...

[azurnoir]

2. yawn lot's more goin' on in Turkey than Israel

not that I would expect anyone on this thread to take that into acoount

[Tempest]

3. Flame bait

Nice going poisoning the thread right off the bat.


You sure don't think much of your fellow DUer's with an attitude like that. We're well aware of the ongoing terrorist attacks against Turkey by the PKK.

[depakid]

6. "poisoning the well" is usually a sign of desperation

[Tempest]

8. It's also a great way

To derail a conversation and to make sure opposing viewpoints are not heard.

[Wizard777]

7. Europe needs to check their passports.

[Ozymanithrax]

4. Most likely suspects are the Kurds. They are not happy campers. n/t

[maxsolomon]

5. If i remember my Turkish pronounciation correctly,

that's Ku-chuk-chek-mech-ay. What a mouthful.

Hey Kurds - cut it out.

[cascadiance]

9. Actually, I don't think they spelled it appropriately in this article..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BC%C3%A7%C3%BCk%C3%A7ekmece

Küçükçekmece

I believe is therefore pronounced as follows with the c without the cedille:

ku-chuk-chek-mej-ay

which I think means something like "small pigeonhole"

and note from the wikipedia page that a large amount of the residents here come from Southwest Turkey where the PKK primarily is... So it is likely there's some connection to the PKK...