At least 50 people are dead in a Turkish wedding bombing

The aftermath of a terrorist attack in Gaziantep, Turkey

(Image credit: Ilyas Akengin/Getty Images)

published 21 August 2016

A suspected suicide bombing killed at least 50 people in Gaziantep, Turkey, on Saturday night while they were dancing at a reportedly Kurdish wedding. "The celebrations were coming to an end and there was a big explosion," said eyewitness Veli Can. "There was blood and body parts everywhere."

The bride and groom both survived, and some guests are still being treated for their injuries. "It was carried out like an atrocity," said Ibrahim Ozdemir, who also saw the attack. "We want to end these massacres. We are in pain, especially the women and children."

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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.

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