Turkey taking extra precautions after Ankara bombing: minister/CNN Turk

“It would not be accurate to give an indication right now”, he said.

Not specifically identifying any group behind the act, Davutoglu said, “We investigate Daesh (ISIS) as our No. 1 priority”.

The deputy prime minister said the attacks aimed to sow discord and create “deep fissures” within Turkey, and called for unity and solidary. Over 10,000 people rally against terrorism in Ankara.

They arrived in a convoy of cars bearing their countries flags.

“This is an attack on the whole of Turkey”.

“It was definitely a suicide bombing”. Demonstrators and mourners have accused the authorities of failing to provide adequate security for the rally.

“The killer state wil be held to account!” they chanted.

The statement also updated the toll from 95 to 97 – including a Palestinian citizen, Hurriyet Daily News reported.

But the rally that was attacked on Saturday was organized by Turkish and Kurdish activists calling for more democracy – and opposed to Erdogan’s agenda. There are no known advances in the investigation into either attack, although the government has indicated that the extremist group Islamic State (also known as ISIS) may be responsible.

“Stay away from crowds and large gatherings and any sort of demonstration”, it advised.

The PKK is a militant group that has fought a long and bitter separatist campaign against the Turkish state for more than 30 years.

The European Union officials were supposed to negotiate further on an action plan the Commission would like Turkey to carry out to help Europe stem the flow of migrants.

Ahmet Davutoglu said evidence point to “a certain group” which refused to identify in a group interview on Monday. He did not elaborate.

However, this was rejected by the Turkish government, which carried out cross-border air strikes on PKK positions in southern Turkey and Iraq on Sunday.

The prime minister said the country has had experience dealing with suicide bombers in the past, and that these attacks would not threaten Turkey’s stability. At least 97 people were killed by the blasts, although the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) puts the number at 128.

Unrest continued elsewhere in the mainly Kurdish region, with the historic Sur district of Diyarbakir city remaining under round-the-clock curfew for the third day on Monday after police on Sunday fired tear gas to prevent protesters entering the district, witnesses said. It was not clear if any of the arrests were linked to the peace rally bombings.