Istanbul, Turkey (AFP)—An explosion rocked a busy shopping street in the heart of Istanbul early on Saturday, Turkish media reported. The cause of the blast on Istiklal Caddesi street was unknown. Ambulances rushed to the scene, Dogan news agency reported. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
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People in Istanbul worry deadly blast could damage economy
Turks on Wednesday (January 13) were worried by the economic repercussions of a suicide bomb attack that killed at least 10 people, most of them German tourists, in Istanbul’s historic heart on Tuesday (January 13). All of those killed in Sultanahmet square, near the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia – major tourist sites in the centre of one of the world’s most visited cities – were foreigners, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, blaming the […]





