Strong explosion in downtown Istanbul

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An explosion occurred in a pedestrian zone in Istanbul today, November 13th, 2022 (4:20 p.m. local time / 2:20 p.m. CET). According to the city's governor, Ali Yerlikaya, there were deaths and injuries. Several people were killed and injured. The governor of Istanbul, Ali Yerlikaya, announced this on Twitter.

Update 4:36 p.m.: According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the explosion claimed six lives. 53 people were injured. Erdogan declared that it was a terrorist attack. ( Source )
However, Erdogan immediately put his statement into perspective: To speak definitively of terrorism might be wrong, the president added.

Update 5:06 p.m.: Pictures appear on Twitter of a woman who is allegedly responsible for the attack. Since this is an allegation, we will not publish this photo here.

Update 5:37 p.m.: More than an hour after the explosion, the first fakes are already appearing. This picture was not from the current explosion, but this picture was from October 9th, 2022. This is also an explosion in an apartment in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul ( source )

MIMIKAMA — Strong explosion in downtown Istanbul

Update November 14, 2022: After the attack in Istanbul on Sunday that killed six people and injured over 80 people, the authorities say they arrested a person who is said to have planted the bomb on the Istiklal shopping street. Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said this on Monday morning. There are connections to the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). According to Soylu, 21 other people were also arrested.

Film footage showed, among other things, ambulances, fire engines and police at the explosion site on Istiklal Street. The cause of the explosion is not yet known.

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The shopping street is a tourist hotspot and is located in the European part of the Turkish metropolis. At the time of the explosion, the shopping street was particularly busy. Turkish media immediately speculated about a terrorist attack!

The mirror reports:

“The Turkish broadcasting regulator RTÜK has now imposed a temporary news blackout for the media. Reports of the explosion should be avoided to avoid fear and panic among the population, the letter said. The channels CNN Türk and TRT, for example, then interrupted their reporting.”

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Live network data shows that social media platforms Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook were restricted after the explosion in Taksim, Istanbul (Source)

Here is the exact location of the explosion

Note: We will not publish the videos sent to us in which corpses or seriously injured people can be seen

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