2022 Istanbul bombing
A terrorist attack occurred on İstiklal Avenue in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, on 13 November 2022, killing 6 people and injuring 81 others.
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Memorial point after the attack | |
Beyoğlu district in Istanbul | |
| Date | 13 November 2022 |
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| Time | 16:20 (TRT) |
| Location | İstiklal Avenue, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 41°02′06″N 28°58′53″E |
| Perpetrator | Ahlam Albashir Possible connections
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| Deaths | 6 |
| Non-fatal injuries | 81 |
No group has claimed responsibility, but Turkish authorities announced that Kurdish separatists were behind the attack, implicating the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Turkey's interior minister, Süleyman Soylu, announced the arrest of the bomber and forty-six others.
The city experienced previous terrorist attacks during the late 20th and early 21st century by Kurdish separatists and Islamist insurgents. An Islamic State suicide bombing in the same district killed four people in 2016.
PKK, and SDF denied involvements in the bombing. On 20 November, Turkey launched Operation Claw-Sword, bombing nearly 500 targets in Syria and Iraq.