What the records say
- When
- 15 Nov 2003
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 41.03° N, 28.97° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2003 Istanbul bombings.
Summary
Suicide bombings occur in Istanbul. Further attacks occur five days later. They kill 63 people between them, making them the two deadliest terror attacks in Turkey, and cause uncertainty in the international economy.
2 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2003 İstanbul saldırıları: İstanbul'un Beyoğlu ilçesindeki Neve Şalom ile Şişli'deki Bet İsrael sinagoglarındaki ayin sırasında bomba yüklü iki ayrı kamyonetin…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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