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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 05:46 AM Aug 2016

Erdogan: ISIS Likely Behind Attack That Killed 50 People At Wedding

Source: CNN

Istanbul, Turkey (CNN)The Turkish President declared ISIS as the "likely perpetrator" of an attack that killed 50 people at a wedding in the nation's southeast.

The death toll from the Gaziantep attack rose to 50 early Sunday, according to the local governor's office.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there is "no difference" between three opponents of his government: terror group ISIS, which is based in neighboring Syria; the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK); and FETO, the network of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, state-run Anadolu news agency reported Sunday.

Erdogan accuses Gulen of being behind a recent coup attempt. He has denied the accusation.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/20/asia/turkey-wedding-explosion/

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Erdogan: ISIS Likely Behind Attack That Killed 50 People At Wedding (Original Post) Purveyor Aug 2016 OP
Post removed Post removed Aug 2016 #1
Erdogan says no difference between protesters and terrorists Democat Aug 2016 #2
There's increasingly little difference between Igel Aug 2016 #4
Suicide bomber in wedding party attack was between 12 and 14 years old MowCowWhoHow III Aug 2016 #3

Response to Purveyor (Original post)

Igel

(35,356 posts)
4. There's increasingly little difference between
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 11:57 AM
Aug 2016

Erdogan, ISIS, and Assad.

Is it just coincidence that Erdogan and Putin reach a consensus just as Assad's running into battles with the Kurds?

MowCowWhoHow III

(2,103 posts)
3. Suicide bomber in wedding party attack was between 12 and 14 years old
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 08:42 AM
Aug 2016
BREAKING: Turkey's president: Suicide bomber in wedding party attack was between 12 and 14 years old.
https://twitter.com/AP/status/767339584942383104
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