A US backed coalition of Syrian fighters and Kurds earlier this month drove IS fighters from that city after a two-month siege, pushing them into the countryside northward toward the Turkish border.
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Putin’s telegram said Sunday’s attack was shocking in its “cruelty and cynicism” and once again showed that “terrorism doesn’t recognize not only the laws of civilized society but also the very basic norms of human morality”.
Algeria on Sunday condemned the attack that targeted a wedding ceremony in Turkey, while urging the global community for wider cooperation in the fight against terrorism. “We also pray for the speediest recovery of the wounded”, the press release said.
Merkel says “I assure you that the German government will continue to stand closely at Turkey’s side in the fight against terrorism”.
Three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers killed 44 people at Istanbul’s main airport in June, then the deadliest in a string of attacks in Turkey this year.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave the information in a live nationally-televised address in front of Istanbul city Hall.
Hundreds of Turks gathered in the Turkish capital on Sunday (August 21) to voice their anger and frustration at the government following a suicide bomb attack at a wedding in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep. However, ISIS has not yet claimed the attack.
The attack killed 51 people and wounded 69, including 17 in critical condition. “We. are united against all terror organizations”.
People carry a coffin during a funeral for victims of the attack on a wedding.
Qatar has strongly condemned the bombing which targeted a wedding ceremony in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, resulting in several deaths and injuries.
A child suicide bomber killed at least 51 people and wounded almost 70 others at a Kurdish wedding party near Turkey’s border with Syria.
Bloodstains and burns marked the walls of the narrow lane where the wedding party was attacked.
The report said the new figure came from the Gaziantep governor’s office. Previously, the number of dead was 30 with 94 others wounded.
Erdogan said the Islamic State was behind the attack during a broadcast by NTV.
ISIS has been blamed for suicide bombings on Kurdish gatherings in the past as militants try to stir ethnic tensions.
The target was a crowded street in a Kurdish neighborhood where the Kurdish wedding party was taking place, according to Turkey-based journalist Andrew Finkel.
A defiant Erdogan said there was “no difference” between the group of US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen – whom he blames for the failed coup bid – the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) “and Daesh (IS), the likely perpetrator of the attack in Gaziantep”.
On Sunday, Erdogan and ruling AK Party lawmakers emphasised they see Islamic State as no different to the Kurdish separatist PKK and the group led by Gulen, all three classified by Turkey as terrorist organisations.
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Just last month, Mr Erdogan and the government survived an attempted coup by military officers.
