CHRONOLOGY-Recent bomb blasts in Turkey http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-08-28T144926Z_01_L28839619_RTRUKOT_0_TEXT0.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-L1-RelatedNews-2
Mon Aug 28, 2006
(Reuters) - Two people were killed and six others were injured in a blast in the city center of Antalya in southern Turkey, private broadcaster NTV said on Monday.
Earlier authorities reported that four bombs at a Turkish coastal resort and in Istanbul injured at least 27.
Following is a chronology of some of the major bombings in Turkey over the past three years:
Nov 15, 2003 - Thirty people are killed and 146 wounded when car bombs shatter two synagogues in Istanbul. Authorities name two men from southeast Turkey as the suicide bombers, saying the attacks bear the hallmarks of the al Qaeda network.
Nov 20, 2003 - Thirty-two people are killed and many wounded in two explosions in Istanbul. Part of the HSBC Bank headquarters is destroyed. The British consulate is damaged.
June 24, 2004 - Four people are killed and 15 wounded in an explosion in Istanbul, before President Bush is due to arrive in the city.
July 2, 2005 - Six people are killed and 15 injured after a bomb planted by Kurdish guerrillas explodes on a train between the eastern towns of Elazig and Tatvan in Bingol province.
July 6, 2005 - A bomb rips through a minibus in the western holiday resort of Kusadasi, killing at least five people, including a British woman and an Irish woman.
Nov 9, 2005 - A bomb kills one in Semdinli near the Iraqi and Iranian borders. A Turkish court later charged a military sergeant and a former Kurdish rebel with involvement.
Feb 9, 2006 - A bomb explodes in the Bayrampasa district of Istanbul. One person is killed and 16 injured. The Kurdistan Liberation Hawks claim responsibility.
Feb 13, 2006 - Six people are injured, one seriously, after a bomb explodes at the Kiler supermarket on the European side of Istanbul. The Kurdistan Liberation Hawks (TAK) claim responsibility for the blast and pledge more attacks.
June 25, 2006 - A blast tears through a tourist area about 100 km (60 miles) east of the southern resort of Antalya, killing four and injuring 28. The Kurdistan Liberation Hawks (TAK) later claim responsibility.
Aug 25, 2006 - Two bombs explode in the southern city of Adana, injuring four people.
Aug 27, 2006 - Ten Britons and six Turks are wounded when their minibus is blown up in the tourist town of Marmaris on the Mediterranean coast. Five others are hurt by two other bombs. -- Another blast in the Bagcilar district of Istanbul injures six. Aug 28, 2006 - Two people are killed and six injured in a blast in Antalya in southern Turkey.
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