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| Turkey launches airstrikes on Kurdish positions after Ankara bombing | Turkey launches airstrikes on Kurdish positions after Ankara bombing |
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| Turkey has launched overnight air strikes on Kurdish militant camps in northern Iraq hours after a car bomb in Ankara killed at least 28 people. | |
| According to Turkish media, a Syrian man linked to the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) was responsible for the rush hour attack on the capital. | According to Turkish media, a Syrian man linked to the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) was responsible for the rush hour attack on the capital. |
| Yeni Safak, a pro-government newspaper, said the man was identified from his fingerprints. It said he had been registered as a refugee in Turkey. | Yeni Safak, a pro-government newspaper, said the man was identified from his fingerprints. It said he had been registered as a refugee in Turkey. |
| The vehicle filled with explosives was detonated as military buses passed by. | The vehicle filled with explosives was detonated as military buses passed by. |
| In a statement a few hours after the blast, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: "Turkey will not shy away from using its right to self-defence at any time, any place or any occasion. | In a statement a few hours after the blast, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: "Turkey will not shy away from using its right to self-defence at any time, any place or any occasion. |
| "Our determination to retaliate to these attacks, in Turkey and abroad, which aim at our unity, togetherness and future, is increasing with such actions." | "Our determination to retaliate to these attacks, in Turkey and abroad, which aim at our unity, togetherness and future, is increasing with such actions." |
| No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack which took place near the parliament and military headquarters. | No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack which took place near the parliament and military headquarters. |
| The co-leader of the PKK umbrella group, Cemil Bayik, said he did not know who was responsible but the attack could be a response to "massacres in Kurdistan", referring to the Kurdish region covering parts of Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. | |
| According to the Firat news agency, Bayik said:"We don't know who did this. But it could be an act of retaliation for the massacres in Kurdistan." | |