BREAKING NEWS Massive explosions rock Istanbul, Turkey; some deaths reported.
 

Damage extensive. Details soon.

http://www.cnn.com

on cnn & msnbc now..

fox is still asleep

3 explosions.

make that 5 according to msnbc.

shit, who set the bomb off?

...going out on a limb...

this is just a precursor to something happening here.

Someone set up us the bomb!

Damn. I hate the fact that so many people have to deal with this shit everyday.

That's really sad! Damn .... :(

Get used to it.

Turkey is a beautiful Country.
We have a lot of webmasters over there.
Good people. Friends..

I hope they are ok..

I wonder if this has anything to do with the tensions in Iraq.

Hope AlQuidea is not in Turkey.

Last thing this Country needs is for tourism to drop and to have people scared to visit this beautiful Country.

Sad..

I still would love to visit sometime soon. But this stuff does scare you.

Turks are the good guys. Its sad to see things getting all fucked up there now as well. Just sad.

5 explosions in 10 min

Looks like a lot of the Targets were Brittish in nature.

Not good.

The Turks dont need this negative image..
Someone is fucking them bigtime here.

I never said I wasn't used to it. I just said that it's a shitty thing to go through. Sorry if that irked you in some manner.

one of my closest friends is in turkey

bad scene he says

=(

Istanbul is a very International city.
Create the fear and the panic these bombings are creating and you kill the city. You kill the econommy..

Why would All Quidea target Istanbul of all places..

Putting a bitter taste in the mouths of westerners is not good.
Targeting British and western buildings gets the news out fast!!

But its the Turks Muslims that are getting killed as a result. Fucking terrorists who think they are doing good, are only fucking themselves big time. Its Turkey and the Turks they are hurting. Not the British.

I hope they smoke out the people doing this. So much tensison real and fake created after shit like this occurs.

Like I said, Turkey doesnt need this. Sad.

According to Sky News:

Up to 10 death 100+ injured.
2 explosions.
First blast hit near HSBC and shopping mall with British shops
Second blast destroyed part of the British consulate in Istanbul

pics:
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com...1174105734.jpg
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com...ion_lon807.jpg
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com...ion_lon808.jpg

These events most probably have deeper roots than we think and i believe related with the current political status there.

Some "part" (not political one) steadily loses power and plans to regain it by disturbing the whole country and not only. It won't take much time till will be able to see this clearly.

im quoting from old bbc article

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2270642.stm

"If Erdogan were to become prime minister, I think the military would take an attitude of 'wait and see'," one diplomat said.

"Erdogan knows what will happen if he oversteps a line."

:(

terrorists are pussy's

Because Turkey is one of the NATO countries

and they want to be accepted into the European Union

That's right jigg. They are even abolishing dead penalty to achieve it (EU disagrees with dead penalty)

I hope all the GFY webmasters in Turkey are safe.

True! I spend 2 weeks in Istanbul this summer - it was nice...a place where Asia meets Europe. lots of things to see, lots of places to visit...
And turkish people were friendly too - made a few friends over there :)

Damn terrorists.
That's some serious shit.
They say every capital of the countries that have soldiers in Iraq will be targeted by suicide bombers.

The latest death toll: 17 dead and 350 injured for now, Al-Qaeda has just claimed responsibility. :(

mostly British targets...punished for hosting Bush

HSBC bank..

http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/patlama.jpg

This looks like the same style of attack carried out by the people who did the WTC.

the BBC is saying the white house has been evactuated

i am turkish . :(

this week second time ...

this time terrorists

attacked to english ambassade

and HSBC bank


english ambassador is died :(

25 dead and 500 blessure...



FUCKING TERRORISTSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS






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go figure that today bush is meeting with tony blair

a government office in Istanbul received a phone call from al Qaeda and a Turkish Islamic militant group -- the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front (IBDA-C) -- claiming joint responsibility for the attack.

Latest from CNN here: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/eu...ast/index.html

the British consul-general is confirmed to be amongst the dead

Guys, why is everyone upset?
It's just our peaceful muslim brothers making a political statement.

26 confirmed dead and 450 others injured

http://www.softgalleries.com/tc/bomba_2.jpg
5km distance still scary



http://www.softgalleries.com/tc/DSCN0005.JPG
HSBC bank headquarter office

http://www.softgalleries.com/tc/DSCN0006.JPG
they used a bomb made of amoniac.. 30 mins later still smoking



http://www.softgalleries.com/tc/DSCN0007.JPG

:(

Hurts so fucking much. I hope they will find the responsibles of the bombings.

It really hurts badly. I can not stop myself asking 'who is next?'. That is a disaster. This war should end somehow otherwise more and more people will die.

some more pictures from the scene

http://www.ntv.com.tr/modules/slides.../images/09.jpg

http://www.ntv.com.tr/modules/slides.../images/04.jpg

Hey Forest..
Are you reching your friend by phone or online?

I am trying to reach two of my best friends who live very near
this area and am unable to get through.....
I am getting more worried....

My wife is from Turkey...and so these news items concern me as well.

Turkey has somewhat of a blackout on news going on right now... my wife called to talk to her mother, and she said that 2 other locations in istanbul were hit....Taksim was one, can't remember the other.

Great value for the money to visit turkey.


Fight the Insanity!

Al-Qaida est de retour.

So true!




Also so very true, but proves one thing to me, that we was 100% right to back them! you can not negotiate with these people, they are willing to kill their own kind as well as us

for the french-challenged:

Al-Qaida is back.


Gotta love babelfish :)


Fight the Translations!

Old news

Turkey has been hit with so much internal terrorism from PKK.

Turkey was given alot of flak by the media because it didn't allow the US to pass through to get to northern Iraq... an overwhelmingly large majority of the population didn't want to get drawn into the terrorist war... and the irony is that they have not escaped the brutality of their fellow muslims.

I am sure these bombings will change the atitudes of many Turks that they need to now get involved in the war against terror, since it has been imported to their country.


Fight the Terrorists!