Don't Hide From Istanbul
Written by Katherine LaGrave
January 12, 2016
ISIS hit Istanbul with a deadly blow today, but avoiding the city only cripples it further.
A deadly suicide blast hit Istanbul’s main tourist district today, killing 10 and injuring 15 in Sultanahmet Square, at a time when post-Paris, post-Brussels, and post-Beirut, it's the last thing we want to hear. Responses from world leaders—and a resurgence of fear about the safety of travel—have all been swift. German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke out in Berlin about the attack and its victims, the majority of whom were German: "Today Istanbul was hit; Paris has been hit, Tunisia has been hit, Ankara has been hit before," she said. "International terrorism is once again showing its cruel and inhuman face today."
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