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| Turkey explosion: At least 19 feared injured in blast near AKP party headquarters in Van province | Turkey explosion: At least 19 feared injured in blast near AKP party headquarters in Van province |
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| At 19 people are feared to be injured in an explosion near the ruling AKP party's headquarters in the town of Beşyol of the southeastern Van province. | At 19 people are feared to be injured in an explosion near the ruling AKP party's headquarters in the town of Beşyol of the southeastern Van province. |
| Turkish news agency Dogan has quoted local police who said initial reports suggest it was a car bomb. | Turkish news agency Dogan has quoted local police who said initial reports suggest it was a car bomb. |
| There have been no immediate reports of any deaths but two of those injured were police officers. | There have been no immediate reports of any deaths but two of those injured were police officers. |
| The agency said the blast was near to the regional governor's office and the provincial headquarters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP). | |
| The local AKP party's deputy leader, Burhan Kayatürk, told CNN Turk that the target of the attack was the regional headquarters. | The local AKP party's deputy leader, Burhan Kayatürk, told CNN Turk that the target of the attack was the regional headquarters. |
| Footage of smoke rising from a building and firefighters extinguishing a fire are being shown on local television. | Footage of smoke rising from a building and firefighters extinguishing a fire are being shown on local television. |
| Van province's population is mostly Kurdish. Separatists groups such as the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have carried out several terror attacks on the country in recent months after a two-year ceasefire with the government broke down last year. | Van province's population is mostly Kurdish. Separatists groups such as the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have carried out several terror attacks on the country in recent months after a two-year ceasefire with the government broke down last year. |
| Security sources have blamed the PKK for the attack. | Security sources have blamed the PKK for the attack. |
| The country is also being racked by insurgency by Isis militants angry at the country's strikes against them over the border in Syria. | |
| In June, 41 people were killed and 239 others were wounded when two suicide bombers detonated explosives before three others opened fire with AK-47s at Istanbul Airport. | |
| Turkey has seen widespread political upheaval since an ill-fated attempt to oust Mr Erdogan by some members of the army on 15th July. | Turkey has seen widespread political upheaval since an ill-fated attempt to oust Mr Erdogan by some members of the army on 15th July. |
| Since the attempted coup Mr Erdogan has staged a widespread crackdown on the "Gullenists" - supporters of the exiled Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen - which has seen the arrest of at least 26,000 people with thousands more being sacked or forced to resign from government posts, the Armed Forces and the police. | Since the attempted coup Mr Erdogan has staged a widespread crackdown on the "Gullenists" - supporters of the exiled Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen - which has seen the arrest of at least 26,000 people with thousands more being sacked or forced to resign from government posts, the Armed Forces and the police. |
| Additional reporting by Reuters | Additional reporting by Reuters |