Turkish policemen shot dead near border with Syria

Turkish officials had raised concerns that the bombing Monday in the border town of Suruc is part of a retaliation campaign by the Islamic State group for the government’s crackdown on its operations in Turkey.

The bomber slaughtered a leftist student group holding a news conference about going to rebuild the city of Kobani across the border in Syria.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the bomb attack and those “who conducted this brutality”.

Thousands of worldwide protectors have violated by means of Turkey to participate with Islamic State in the, stoking dealing beginning with the government’s foes that it must be turning a blind…

Turkish authorities point to the challenge of controlling the 911 kilometre (566 mile) border with Syria while remaining open to the refugees fleeing the country s civil war, as well as 38 million tourists a year.

The seriousness of the Turkish government can be demonstrated by the fact that the Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters gathered in Istanbul to express support for the 31 victims of the blast.

The attack came at an interesting time because Turkey has been heavily criticised for being a “poor ally” in fighting IS, Max Abrahms, a terrorism expert and professor at the US’s Northeastern University, told RFI. He was most likely referring to several incidents in 2013 and 2014 when police stopped trucks carrying ammunition and supplies into Syria and it turned out that the trucks were being sent to ISIS controlled territory by members of the Turkish Central Intelligence Agency, which is known as the MiT. Today’s focus: Turkey citizens protest after a deadly bombing, a video of Sandra Bland’s arrest is released, and Apple shows profits despite a drop in its shares.

“Turkey has taken and will continue to take all necessary measures against Islamic State“, Davutoglu reportedly said on Monday, adding: “We have the willpower to find and certainly punish those who are responsible”.

Just before the attack, they had been pictured seated at tables enjoying breakfast and tea. The identities of 30 of the victims have now been confirmed by the authorities.

Pervin Buldan, a senior lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) party, stated that local officials were investigating the possibility that it was a suicide bombing.

While the investigation continues, border security has been increased at the Sanliurfa province. In 2013, the Turkish border town of Reyhanli was attacked in a twin vehicle bombing, which killed at least 50 people.