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| Turkish officials have released the identity of their main suspect in a suicide bombing on a cultural centre as the country temporarily blocked Twitter to stop images of the blast circulating online. | Turkish officials have released the identity of their main suspect in a suicide bombing on a cultural centre as the country temporarily blocked Twitter to stop images of the blast circulating online. |
| Meanwhile two police officers were found dead in a small town in the south-east of the country. Kurdish militants claimed responsibility, saying the attack was in retaliation to what they claim is police collaboration with Islamic State. | Meanwhile two police officers were found dead in a small town in the south-east of the country. Kurdish militants claimed responsibility, saying the attack was in retaliation to what they claim is police collaboration with Islamic State. |
| DNA evidence suggests that a 20-year-old Turkish Kurd whose ID card was found at the scene carried out the bombing, officials said. Turkish media named the suspect as Seyh Abdurrahman Alagöz. | |
| According to Turkish media reports, Alagöz was recruited by Islamic State in his native city of Adıyaman more than six months ago. Hundreds of young men from Adıyaman are said to have joined jihadi groups in Syria, and local residents, often desperate parents, have repeatedly accused the Turkish government of turning a blind eye to the threat. | According to Turkish media reports, Alagöz was recruited by Islamic State in his native city of Adıyaman more than six months ago. Hundreds of young men from Adıyaman are said to have joined jihadi groups in Syria, and local residents, often desperate parents, have repeatedly accused the Turkish government of turning a blind eye to the threat. |
| Turkey’s Nato allies have repeatedly urged it to tighten security along the 560-mile border with Syria. | Turkey’s Nato allies have repeatedly urged it to tighten security along the 560-mile border with Syria. |
| At least 32 people died in the explosion in Suruç. The bomb hit a cultural centre in the small, predominantly Kurdish town, where hundreds of members of the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations had gathered for a press briefing before a visit to the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Kobani to help with the reconstruction of the destroyed town. | At least 32 people died in the explosion in Suruç. The bomb hit a cultural centre in the small, predominantly Kurdish town, where hundreds of members of the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations had gathered for a press briefing before a visit to the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Kobani to help with the reconstruction of the destroyed town. |
| Two lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic party (HDP) submitted separate parliamentary motions on Wednesday naming a 20-year-old woman as a suspect, and asking why police had released her from custody last month. | Two lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic party (HDP) submitted separate parliamentary motions on Wednesday naming a 20-year-old woman as a suspect, and asking why police had released her from custody last month. |
| Many of Turkey’s Kurds and opposition supporters suspect the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the ruling AK party of covertly backing Isis against Kurdish fighters in Syria, something the government has repeatedly denied. | Many of Turkey’s Kurds and opposition supporters suspect the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the ruling AK party of covertly backing Isis against Kurdish fighters in Syria, something the government has repeatedly denied. |
| Protests erupted in several Istanbul districts and other Turkish cities on Tuesday night as people took to the streets to condemn the government’s stance on Syria and its perceived inaction concerning Isis activity inside Turkey. | Protests erupted in several Istanbul districts and other Turkish cities on Tuesday night as people took to the streets to condemn the government’s stance on Syria and its perceived inaction concerning Isis activity inside Turkey. |
| “Murderer Islamic State, collaborators Erdoğan and AKP,” protesters chanted in the Asian Istanbul district of Kadıköy before police dispersed them using teargas and water cannon. Two police officers were wounded, reportedly by gunfire, as protests turned violent in the city of Mersin. At least 11 people were detained by police. | “Murderer Islamic State, collaborators Erdoğan and AKP,” protesters chanted in the Asian Istanbul district of Kadıköy before police dispersed them using teargas and water cannon. Two police officers were wounded, reportedly by gunfire, as protests turned violent in the city of Mersin. At least 11 people were detained by police. |
| State-run news agency Anadolu said Twitter was briefly blocked and that the site was asked to remove 107 URLs with images of the aftermath of Monday’s bombing. Twitter had already removed about 50 of the URLs before the block. | State-run news agency Anadolu said Twitter was briefly blocked and that the site was asked to remove 107 URLs with images of the aftermath of Monday’s bombing. Twitter had already removed about 50 of the URLs before the block. |
| A Turkish government official told the AP access to Twitter was restored after the company “removed malicious content, including hate speech, in line with the court order.” | A Turkish government official told the AP access to Twitter was restored after the company “removed malicious content, including hate speech, in line with the court order.” |