EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / This picture taken on December 19, 2016 shows Andrey Karlov , the Russian ambassador to Ankara, lying on the floor after being shot by a gunman during an attack during a public event in Ankara. A gunman crying “Aleppo” and “revenge” shot Karlov while he was visiting an art exhibition in Ankara on December 19, witnesses and media reports said.
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EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / This picture taken on December 19, 2016 shows Andrey Karlov , the Russian ambassador to Ankara, lying on the floor after being shot by a gunman during an attack during a public event in Ankara. A gunman crying “Aleppo” and “revenge” shot Karlov while he was visiting an art exhibition in Ankara on December 19, witnesses and media reports said.
Witness to an assassination: AP photographer captures attack
The event was routine enough – the opening of an exhibit of photographs of Russia – and when a man on stage pulled out a gun I thought it was a theatrical flourish. It was anything but.
Witness to an assassination: AP photographer captures attack
The event was routine enough – the opening of an exhibit of photographs of Russia – and when a man on stage pulled out a gun I thought it was a theatrical flourish. It was anything but.
Turkey’s Erdogan says Putin agrees shooting of ambassador was provocation
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech to mukhtars during the “32nd Mukhtars (local administrators) meeting” on Dec. 14, 2016 at the Presidential Complex in Ankara. / AFP / ADEM ALTAN
Gunman kills Russian ambassador to Turkey at photo exhibit
An Ankara police officer dressed in a suit and tie shouted slogans about Syria’s civil war after he killed Russia’s ambassador to Turkey in front of stunned onlookers at a photo exhibition in the Turkish capital on Monday, according to officials and an Associated Press photographer who witnessed the shooting. Police later killed the assailant.
Gunman kills Russian ambassador to Turkey at photo exhibit
An Ankara police officer dressed in a suit and tie shouted slogans about Syria’s civil war after he killed Russia’s ambassador to Turkey in front of stunned onlookers at a photo exhibition in the Turkish capital on Monday, according to officials and an Associated Press photographer who witnessed the shooting. Police later killed the assailant.
Russian Ambassador Gunned Down, Killed in Ankara
Russia’s ambassador was shot dead in the Turkish capital on Monday in an assassination apparently linked to Syria’s civil war, heightening tensions over a conflict that’s drawn in almost all the region’s main powers. Andrey Karlov was shot in the back at an art exhibit in Ankara on Monday and died from his injuries according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The Latest: Putin, Erdogan: Killing aimed at derailing ties
The leaders of Turkey and Russia say the killing of the Russian ambassador in Turkey has been intended to ruin Russia-Turkey ties. Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking in televised remarks during a meeting with senior officials, said that the killing of Ambassador Andrei Karlov was a “provocation aimed at derailing Russia-Turkey ties and the peace process in Syria.”
HH the Emir and President of Turkey discuss regional developments
Trabzon: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed today the latest developments in the region and particularly in Syria, in light of the tragic events in Aleppo as all international efforts to stop the genocide by the Syrian regime and its allies continue to stumble.
HH the Emir and President of Turkey discuss regional developments
Trabzon: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed today the latest developments in the region and particularly in Syria, in light of the tragic events in Aleppo as all international efforts to stop the genocide by the Syrian regime and its allies continue to stumble.
Car bomb in Turkey kills 13 soldiers and wounds dozens of people
An explosion in central Turkey tore through a bus carrying off-duty soldiers early Saturday, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens in the second major attack targeting Turkey’s security forces in a week, the authorities said. A military statement said the explosion, in the town of Kayseri, was caused by a car bomb.
Car bomb kills 13 Turkish soldiers on bus; 7 suspects held
A suicide car bomber set off an explosion Saturday that demolished a public bus transporting off-duty soldiers in Turkey’s central province of Kayseri, killing 13 troops and wounding 56 other people, authorities said. Saturday’s blast comes a week after a car bomb attack claimed by Kurdish militants killed 44 people, mainly riot police, and wounded over 150 others near a soccer stadium in Istanbul.
Troubles drive tourists away from Turkey, home of St. Nick
The jagged Taurus Mountains rise on one side of the church, while the Mediterranean Sea gleams in the distance on the other. The bougainvillea is in bloom, the orange trees bursting with ripe fruit.
Officials say car bombs targeted Turkish military
A suicide car bomb targeting military personnel exploded at the entrance gate to a university in the central province of Kayseri on Saturday, killing 13 Turkish troops and wounding 55 other people, authorities said. The blast comes a week after a car bomb attack claimed by Kurdish militants killed 44 people, mainly riot police posted outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul.
Turkish military says 13 soldiers killed in car bomb attack
The Turkish military says 13 soldiers were killed and 48 other military personnel were wounded in a car bomb attack in the central Anatolian city of Kayseri on Saturday morning. It said the soldiers were about to go on leave, and that there may also have been civilian casualties.
Turkish news agency reports car bomb attack
A deadly car bomb attack hit the central Anatolian province of Kayseri on Saturday morning, according to Turkish media reports. State-run Anadolu Agency said the car bomb went off at an entrance gate of Erciyes University, hitting a public transportation bus that included on-leave soldiers among its passengers.
Car bomb kills 13 Turkish commandos, army says
Security officials and people at the scene of a car bomb attack in central Anatolian city of Kayseri, Turkey, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. A public bus was heavily damaged and dear and injured were reported.