On March 9, 2009 a bomb exploded in a bar in the northern Turkish province of Trabzon, injuring nine people.
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On February 2, 2013 a Marxist suicide bomber detonated his load outside the US Embassy in Ankara, killing a guard and injuring a journalist.
On this day in 2018 PKK terrorists in Turkey bombed a tax office in the capital city of Ankara injuring three people.
On this day in 2016 five people were killed and 39 wounded in a car bomb attack on a police station and adjacent housing for officers in south-eastern Turkey
The Abu Nidal Organisation terrorist group is believed to be behind the 1986 massacre at a synagogue in Istanbul that killed 21.
On this day in 1993, PKK terrorists slaughtered 33 villagers in eastern Turkey and burned down 200 buildings including a clinic and a mosque.
Episode 20 of An Intelligent Look at Terrorism is now available! In this episode, Phil asks if Turkey is really an ally of the West.
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The coup in Turkey and terrorism
As I write this blog events in Turkey are still unfolding. Whether we call this a successful coup or an attempted coup is not relevant to what I hope to convey here. Suffice to say that a tactic the Turkish military used all too frequently in the 20th century appears to have resurfaced. I have […]
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When will Turkey learn?
Further to my earlier post on when Egypt would learn from its historic mistakes in dealing with terrorism and violence, I now turn my attention to Turkey. According to news sources, the Turkish government may invade along a 70-mile stretch of its border with Syria to establish a 20-mile buffer zone (see article here) Given […]
The West stands for something important and it is time for all it constituent parts to take a principled stand on our collective security