Attacks in Istanbul

A day after the fatal hostage taking in Istanbul, armed assailants attacked the city's police headquarters on the 1 April 2015. One attacker was killed, while her accomplice gave himself up. Some commentators put the blame for the supposed far-left terrorism on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his authoritarian style of governing. For others it's less clear just who pulled the strings behind the attacks.

A Turkish prosecutor, involved in a controversial case, died on the 31 March 2015 after he was shot during a hostage siege in an Istanbul courthouse. The prosecutor had been investigating the death of a young protestor during the Gezi Park protests and was about to report his findings.

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BBC News, 01.04.15: Gun attack on Istanbul police HQ in spate of violence http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32153493

France24, 01.04.15: Turkey rounds up dozens of leftists after prosecutor killing http://www.france24.com/en/20150401-turkey-rounds-dozens-leftists-after-prosecutor-killing/

Deutsche Welle, 02.04.15: Conspiracy theories in Turkey after shooting of a state prosecutor http://dw.de/p/1F1xm

http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/debatten/links-2014-08-tuerkei/ http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/debatten/links-2014-08-tuerkei/

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