The ISIS Link to the Ankara Bombing
By Aaron Stein
Demonstrators hold portraits of those killed by Saturday's suicide bombings as they attend a commemoration in Ankara, Turkey, October 13, 2015. (Reuters)
On Saturday October 10, two bombers detonated suicide vests near the main Ankara train station, killing ninety-seven people gathering to attend a peace rally. The incident is Turkey’s worst terrorist attack and comes two months after the Turkish Air Force began airstrikes in support of the US-led coalition to fight the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) in Syria. While no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has indicated that ISIS is the prime suspect. Although ISIS has never taken credit for any attack inside Turkey, Turkish citizens who fought with the group carried out at least two previous bombings.
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