Turkey’s government blames Kurdish militants for a blast that killed six people in Istanbul’s main shopping street, and say police had detained 22 suspects.
, and police detained a Syrian woman suspected of having planted the bomb among a sweep of 47 arrests.
Soylu said the order was given in Kobani, a city in northern Syria, where Turkish forces have carried out operations against the YPG in recent years. According to Istanbul police, Albashir said during questioning that she was trained by Kurdish militants and entered Turkey through Afrin, another northern Syrian town.
The attack sparked concerns that more such incidents could occur ahead of elections set for June 2023, which polls show President Tayyip Erdogan could lose after two decades in power.
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