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2015-10-13 The Grand Turk

Bomb attack deepens divisions as Turkey faces bitter election

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Posted by Fred 2015-10-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 There has been no such claim for the Ankara bombing, and sceptics see the group as a convenient scapegoat

I still favor Islamic State as the culprit, with the Gray Wolves as a close runner-up, and PKK a distant third.

Posted by Pappy 2015-10-13 00:10|| 2015-10-13 00:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Any chance this is Erdogan's work?

Kinda like an astro-turf campaign?

Posted by AlanC 2015-10-13 07:49|| 2015-10-13 07:49|| Front Page Top

#3 a GOOD chance

Posted by Frank G 2015-10-13 08:58|| 2015-10-13 08:58|| Front Page Top

#4 ISTR the PKK claims their attacks.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2015-10-13 12:25|| 2015-10-13 12:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Wikipedia's article on Turkey's Grey Wolves. Not nice people, fond of killing leftists and Kurds.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-10-13 14:35|| 2015-10-13 14:35|| Front Page Top

#6 So, if we can cure them of the desire to kill Kurds...

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-10-13 14:39|| 2015-10-13 14:39|| Front Page Top

#7 So, if we can cure them of the desire to kill Kurds...

And of this little problem....

Posted by Pappy 2015-10-13 15:22|| 2015-10-13 15:22|| Front Page Top

#8 That's Vlad's problem

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-10-13 15:45|| 2015-10-13 15:45|| Front Page Top

#9 In more ways than just Chechnya.

Posted by Pappy 2015-10-13 18:10|| 2015-10-13 18:10|| Front Page Top

#10 From Pappy's link: Turkey is the principal ally of the Chechen independence fighters

I didn't know this. Wouldn't that make Vlad...annoyed? Erdogan should be nervous.

Posted by SteveS 2015-10-13 18:22|| 2015-10-13 18:22|| Front Page Top

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