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| Suicide Bomber in Suruc Is Said to Be a Turk With Possible Ties to ISIS | Suicide Bomber in Suruc Is Said to Be a Turk With Possible Ties to ISIS |
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| ISTANBUL — The suicide bomber who killed at least 32 people at a cultural center in southeastern Turkey has been identified as a Turkish citizen who is believed to have had ties to the Islamic State, a senior government official said Wednesday. | |
| The bomber, Seyh Abdurrahman Alagoz, a 20-year-old university student who had recently returned from Syria, was identified through DNA testing, according to reports in the Turkish news media. | The bomber, Seyh Abdurrahman Alagoz, a 20-year-old university student who had recently returned from Syria, was identified through DNA testing, according to reports in the Turkish news media. |
| “The investigation is ongoing, but we have evidence that the suspect was linked to Daesh,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity in line with government protocol and using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State, which is also known as ISIS or ISIL. | “The investigation is ongoing, but we have evidence that the suspect was linked to Daesh,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity in line with government protocol and using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State, which is also known as ISIS or ISIL. |
| The government was criticized after the attack, and access to Twitter was temporarily blocked Wednesday after a court imposed a ban on the circulation of images and videos from the suicide bombing. The service was restored a few hours later, after Twitter took down the images. | The government was criticized after the attack, and access to Twitter was temporarily blocked Wednesday after a court imposed a ban on the circulation of images and videos from the suicide bombing. The service was restored a few hours later, after Twitter took down the images. |
| The bomber struck the Amara Cultural Center in the town of Suruc on Monday as a group of young activists gathered in the garden to discuss rebuilding the predominantly Kurdish town of Koba ni, just across the nearby border with Syria. | The bomber struck the Amara Cultural Center in the town of Suruc on Monday as a group of young activists gathered in the garden to discuss rebuilding the predominantly Kurdish town of Koba ni, just across the nearby border with Syria. |
| Kobani was recently the scene of fierce fighting between the Islamic State and Kurdish fighters, and the militants lost control of the town in January. | Kobani was recently the scene of fierce fighting between the Islamic State and Kurdish fighters, and the militants lost control of the town in January. |
| Some members of the opposition in Turkey have accused government leaders of failing to put in place sufficient measures to curb the rise of the Islamic State in the country. | Some members of the opposition in Turkey have accused government leaders of failing to put in place sufficient measures to curb the rise of the Islamic State in the country. |
| Demonstrators took to the streets of Istanbul on Monday, with some accusing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of collaborating with the Islamic State. Others contended that the focus of the governing Justice and Development Party, or A.K.P., on toppling President Bashar al-Assad of Syria had facilitated the growth of Islamist militants in the region. | Demonstrators took to the streets of Istanbul on Monday, with some accusing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of collaborating with the Islamic State. Others contended that the focus of the governing Justice and Development Party, or A.K.P., on toppling President Bashar al-Assad of Syria had facilitated the growth of Islamist militants in the region. |
| Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu denied the accusations and vowed to increase security measures along Turkey’s 500-mile border with Syria. | Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu denied the accusations and vowed to increase security measures along Turkey’s 500-mile border with Syria. |
| “Turkey and the A.K.P. government have never had any direct or indirect links with any terrorist group and have never showed tolerance to any terrorist group,” Mr. Davutoglu said Tuesday after visiting people wounded in the Suruc attack. | “Turkey and the A.K.P. government have never had any direct or indirect links with any terrorist group and have never showed tolerance to any terrorist group,” Mr. Davutoglu said Tuesday after visiting people wounded in the Suruc attack. |
| He warned that Turkish security could be compromised by a spillover from the war in Syria. | He warned that Turkish security could be compromised by a spillover from the war in Syria. |
| Separately, two police officers were shot and killed in their homes in the border town of Ceylanpinar on Wednesday, the district governor said. | Separately, two police officers were shot and killed in their homes in the border town of Ceylanpinar on Wednesday, the district governor said. |
| Responsibility for the attack was claimed by a military organization affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., a Kurdish separatist group that is in a fragile peace process with the Turkish government after a 30-year conflict that claimed over 40,000 lives. | Responsibility for the attack was claimed by a military organization affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., a Kurdish separatist group that is in a fragile peace process with the Turkish government after a 30-year conflict that claimed over 40,000 lives. |
| The group, the People’s Defense Forces, said on its website that the attack was in retaliation for “the massacre in Suruc.” It also accused the police of cooperating with jihadists. | The group, the People’s Defense Forces, said on its website that the attack was in retaliation for “the massacre in Suruc.” It also accused the police of cooperating with jihadists. |