Turkey Groans…Again

Sorry to bring you bad news today…but it is, what it is. Details are still sketchy so things can change on us here, but as of posting time here is an update on today’s attack.

Around 11am this morning the US Consulate in Istanbul was attacked by gunmen, 3 Police are dead and 3 attackers are dead. Turkish news outlets report that the terroristsĀ  never got past the checkpoint guarding the driveway leading up to the Consulate.

Hurriyet and CNNTurk areĀ  also reporting that 3 German tourists were abducted from their 13 member climbing party sometime in the last few hours from the slopes of Mt. Ararat in eastern Turkey.

Both events have been labeled as “terrorists attacks” by the governors of their respective regions.

2 Comments so far

  1. GV-Cross Post: Turkey is Typing….Terrorist and Other Threats to the Nation « Turkish Blog Count (pingback) on July 15th, 2008 @ 9:03 pm

    […] noted above, on July 9th an attack against the US Consulate building in Istanbul was carried out. Three policeman were killed as well as three attackers, the real blog buzz, however, is focused on not only why the attack was carried out, but who was […]


  2. Global Voices Online » Turkey is Typing…Terrorists and Other Threats to the Nation (pingback) on July 16th, 2008 @ 6:13 pm

    […] noted above, on July 9th an attack against the US Consulate building in Istanbul was carried out. Three policeman were killed as well as three attackers, the real blog buzz, however, is focused on not only why the attack was carried out, but who was […]



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