A few days after the explosion of a bomb in Istanbul, attributed by Ankara to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkish officials plead in favor of a new military operation in Syria.
by Nicolas Bourcier (Istanbul, correspondent)
The cause is heard, even before the end of an investigation which has just started. For the Turkish authorities, the police arrested the culprits of the Avenue d’IstiKlal attack, the emblematic artery of Istanbul, which occurred Sunday, November 13 at the end of the afternoon, which resulted in the death of six persons. Photos of a young handcuffed woman carrying tap taps and a purple sweatshirt barred in the inscription “New York University” have been published. She would have laid the bomb under a small bench on the avenue before fleeing. After his arrest by the security forces, a few hours after the explosion on Monday morning, this 23-year-old Syrian would have admitted to having received the “order” of the “PKK-PYD”. Three acronyms that slam here as evidence.
From Ankara’s point of view, the Syrian Kurdish militia YPG (People’s Protection Units) and its political arm Pyd (Party of the Democratic Union), the dominant Kurdish force in the Northeast Syrian, are “Terrorist organizations” because of their ramifications with the PKK, the Kurdistan workers’ party prohibited. All three denied having any responsibility in the attack.
extreme tension
Besides the young woman, the police have since arrested 50 other people. The suspect would have admitted, during her interrogation, to have been trained as “special intelligence agent” by the PKK, the YPD and the PYD, before I illegally entering Turkey, according to the police, by the AFRIN region in the North of Syria. Arrived at the scene of the attack, the Minister of the Interior, Süleyman Soyu, one of the heavyweights of the government, intervened by affirming that the instructions of the attack came from the Syrian city and border of Kobane, the Symbol of Kurdish resistance in the face of Islamic State organization (IS).
The suspect would have fired in Greece, according to the minister, if she had not been arrested. Details that are intended to be as precise as it is acabbling. “We know what message those who carried out this action want to send us. We have received this message, added Mr.Soylu. Do not worry, we will give them the currency of their play, and heavily.”
Known for his attacks on the United States, especially in 2016, when he had gone so far as to accuse Washington of having been involved in the coup attempt, Süleyman Soylu A, it seems , this time decided to climb a notch. In front of the cameras, the head of internal security suddenly dismissed the condolences from across the Atlantic: “We do not accept the wishes of condolences of the American ambassador, we reject them. After all, the United States are officially allied with the Pyd-Weng. Their condolences resemble those of murderers returned to the scene of their crime. “
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