Istanbul
Four small bombs exploded outside branches of a British bank in Istanbul and Ankara this week, just hours before British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived on a visit to Turkey. No one was injured, but one HSBC branch was damaged. British sites have been targeted in Turkey before; last November, 30 people were killed when bombs went off at an HSBC office and at the British Consulate in Istanbul. Dozens of people were arrested in connection with that attack, and several had trained with al Qaida in Afghanistan. Britain is a close ally of Turkey and a strong supporter of Turkish membership in the E.U.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
Slovenia is ready for its moment in the travel spotlightThe Week Recommends Mountains, lakes, caves and coastline await
-
Trump seeks to cut drug prices via executive orderspeed read The president's order tells pharmaceutical companies to lower prescription drug prices, but it will likely be thrown out by the courts
-
'Haiti's crisis is a complex problem that defies solution'Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
