Credit: Modern primatCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenAnkara Central railway station, Ankara, Turkey · 2015
Two suicide bombs targeted a peace rally outside Ankara Central railway station on 10 October 2015, killing 109 people and injuring hundreds in the deadliest terror attack in Turkish history. In 2018, nine defendants were sentenced to life in prison over the bombing.
Credit: Yıldız YazıcıoğluPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenGeneral Directorate of Security building, Atatürk Boulevard, Ankara, Turkey · 2023
On 1 October 2023, two attackers detonated explosives and opened fire outside the General Directorate of Security building in Ankara, Turkey, injuring two police officers before both attackers were killed. The PKK claimed responsibility for the attack.
Credit: Yıldız Yazıcıoğlu (VOA)Public domainSourceSOLVEDListenKızılay neighborhood, Ankara, Turkey · 2016
A car bomb detonated near a military convoy stopped at traffic lights in Ankara's Kızılay neighborhood during evening rush hour on 17 February 2016, killing at least 30 people and injuring 60. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) claimed responsibility.
Credit: U.S. Department of StatePublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenUnited States Embassy, Kavaklıdere, Ankara, Turkey · 2013
On 1 February 2013, a suicide bomber attacked the United States embassy in Ankara, Turkey, killing a Turkish security guard and wounding three others, including a journalist.
Çağdaş Sanat Merkezi, Çankaya District, Ankara, Turkey · 2016
Andrei Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, was fatally shot at an Ankara art exhibition on 19 December 2016 by off-duty Turkish police officer Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, who was then killed by security forces at the scene.
Credit: OpenStreetMap contributors, PivoxOpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY-SA 4.0SourceUNSOLVEDListenAtatürk Boulevard near Güvenpark, Kızılay, Ankara, Turkey · 2016
A car bomb detonated near a crowded bus stop area by Güvenpark in central Ankara, Turkey, on 13 March 2016, killing at least 37 people and injuring 125. The militant group Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) claimed responsibility days later.
Credit: PivoxCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenKızılay, Ankara, Turkey · 2011
A car bombing in the Kızılay district of Ankara, Turkey, on September 20, 2011, killed three people and injured 15 others. A suspect was arrested in 2020 and later sentenced to hundreds of years in prison.
The files run from 2011 to 2023. The 2010s hold the most, with 7 files. The oldest is 2011 Ankara bombing, from 2011.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (5).
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Ankara Garı, Anıt ile beraber bir bakış — Credit: Modern primatCC BY-SA 4.0Source
2023 Ankara bomb attack — Credit: Yıldız YazıcıoğluPublic domainSource
Ankara daki Bombalı Saldırıda 28 Ölü 17-Feb-2016 2 — Credit: Yıldız Yazıcıoğlu (VOA)Public domainSource
Secretary Kerry Honors Embassy Guard Akarsu — Credit: U.S. Department of StatePublic domainSource
Andrey Karlov 2016 — Credit: Пресс-служба Президента РоссииCC BY 4.0Source
2016 Ankara attack — Credit: OpenStreetMap contributors, PivoxOpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Kumrular Sokak — Credit: PivoxCC BY-SA 4.0Source
8. By status: 1 unsolved and 7 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
2011 Ankara bombing, from 2011. Open the file
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