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Istanbul explosion:

Kills 6, injures dozens

AT least six people have been In the wake of the attack, con- against terrorism."
killed and 81 wounded in an ex- dolences to Turkey have poured in Ukrainian President Volody-
plosion in a busy area of central from around the world. myr Zelensky, also writing in a
Istanbul, Turkish authorities have The US said it stood "shoul- tweet in Turkish, said: "The pain
said. der-to-shoulder" with its Nato of the friendly Turkish people is
The blast happened at about ally in "countering terrorism," our pain." Countries including
TRNC given observer status by 16:20 local time (13:20 GMT) on according to a statement from Pakistan, Italy and Greece also
expressed their solidarity. Istiklal
Sunday in a shopping street in the White House press secretary Ka-
Organization of Turkic States Taksim Square area. Turkey has rine Jean-Pierre. French Presi- street - one of the city's main ar-
blamed Kurdish rebels. dent Emmanuel Macron wrote in teries which is usually packed with
A suspect - a Syrian woman - has a tweet in Turkish: "We share your shoppers - was previously targeted
THE Turkish Republic of North- ment and said that the TRNC
ern Cyprus (TRNC) has become would continue its struggle. been arrested, the interior minis- pain... We are with you in the fight by a suicide bomber in 2016.
a non-member observer state to “During these days as we are to ter said.
the Organization of Turkic States celebrate the 39th anniversary Vice-President Fuat Oktay earli-
(OTS), Foreign Minister Mevlüt of our republic, we will continue er said the blast was thought to be
Çavuşoğlu announced on Friday. our honorable struggle by taking a terrorist attack carried out by a
Çavuşoğlu wrote on Twitter that strength from this positive devel- woman.
everything was developing “step by opment that carries our status fur- Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag
“step,” referring to Ankara’s efforts ther.” This will be the first time the told Turkish media a woman had
for the international recogniza- TRNC is being represented in an sat on a bench in the area for more
tion of the Turkish community in international organization with its than 40 minutes, leaving just min-
Northern Cyprus. constitutional name. utes before the blast took place.
TRNC President Ersin Tatar de- The TRNC is also an observer On Monday morning, Interior
scribed the country becoming an member in the Economic Cooper- Minister Suleyman Soylu said a
observer member as a “positive de- ation Organization and Organisa- Syrian national - Ahlam Albashir -
velopment.” tion of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) suspected of having left the bomb
In a written statement, Tatar as well as the International Organ- had been arrested by police. She
thanked Turkish diplomacy for ization of Turkic Culture (TÜRK- was among 47 people detained by
paving the way for this develop- SOY). police.