The agency added that the wedding celebration took place on a street, which is common in southern Turkey.
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Local media reported that the blast occurred in the Sahinbey District of Gaziantep at 22:40 local time (1940 GMT) in a mainly Kurdish-inhabited neighborhood of the city.
Earlier, Erdogan condemned the attackers.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave the information in a live nationally-televised address in front of Istanbul city Hall.
Mehmet Erdogan, a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmaker for Gaziantep said there was a “high possibility” it was a suicide attack.
Islamic State has been blamed for other similar attacks in Turkey, often targeting Kurdish gatherings in an effort to inflame ethnic tensions.
Turkey was long accused of turning a blind eye to or even abetting the rise of IS in Syria, claims it vehemently denies, but has taken a tougher line after the jihadist attacks on its soil.
“Whether we like it or not, Assad is today one of the actors” of the war in this country and it is possible to “talk to him for the transition”, said Binali Yildirim, while excluding whatsoever Turkey that does.
“Many Kurds were killed”, lamented the pro-Kurdish party HDP, condemning the attack in an email.
John Bass said “we stand by our ally Turkey and pledge to continue to work closely together to defeat the common threat of terrorism”.
Four years ago on Aug 20, 10 people were killed and 66 others were injured in a auto bomb attack carried out by PKK terror organization in Gaziantep.
Turkey has been targeted by a wave of bombing attacks in recent years. Earlier this week, a string of bombings blamed on the PKK targeted police and soldiers, killing at least 12 people. The attacks by the PKK seemed to indicate the end of a fragile, two and a half year peace process between the Turkish government and the PKK, and the resumption of the three decades of conflict between them.
He underscored that there is no difference between the Gülenist terror-cult (FETÖ), PKK terrorist organization and Daesh.
According to a report (in Turkish) by Turkey’s Dogan news agency, the couple had moved to Gaziantep from the Kurdish town of Siirt further east to escape fighting between Kurdish rebels and security forces.
Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek and the country’s health minister traveled to the scene, visiting the wounded and inspecting the site. Hundreds of residents gathered near the site chanting “Allah is great” as well as slogans denouncing attacks.
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“The aim of terror is to scare the people but we will not allow this”, said Şimşek, who also represents Gaziantep in the Turkish parliament.
