• On Sunday, November 13 at 4:20 p.m. local time, a powerful explosive device exploded on the Istiklal pedestrian street in central Istanbul.
The street is a popular entertainment and shopping street and is described as a pulse in the heart of Istanbul.
• Six people were killed by the explosion – including two children, aged 9 and 15 – and over 80 people were injured.
Panic broke out in the street and images showed people running for their lives.
• In the evening, the Vice President of Turkey spoke out and said that it was a terrorist act.
In the statement, he also said that the authorities believed that it was a woman who triggered the bomb.
Something they saw on surveillance images from the scene.
• During the night of Monday, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu made a statement that singled out the Kurdish guerrilla PKK and its allies for the crime.
The PKK, on the other hand, denies any involvement in the attack.
• On Monday, Turkish police released images purportedly showing the arrest of a woman they believe planted the bomb on the Istiklal pedestrian street.
In connection with the arrest, the police said that the woman told that she had been trained by Kurdish soldiers in Syria.
In addition to the woman, Turkish police have arrested another 45 people whom they identified as suspects for involvement in the explosion.