TRNC leaders send condolences for İstanbul bomb blast victims
PRESIDENT Ersin Tatar and members of the government issued messages of condolences following a bomb blast on İstanbul’s İstiklal Caddesi that left six people dead, including a 9-year-old child, and 81 injured last Sunday.
“From myself and on behalf of my people, I wish a speedy recovery for the injured and may all those who lost their lives in this treacherous attack rest in peace,” Mr Tatar said.
“Our condolences to the families and loved ones, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and to Motherland Türkiye [Turkey].”
Prime Minister Ünal Üstel said he “strongly condemned the terror attack” and offered his condolences to the families of the victims and a speedy recovery for those who were injured.
Similar messages were also issued by Parliament Speaker Zorlu Töre, Deputy Prime Minister Fikri Ataoğlu, Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu, other ministers, main opposition Republican Turkish Party leader Tufan Erhürman and People’s Party leader Kudret Özersay.
The Turkish government has blamed the PKK/YPG terrorist organisation for the blast. Turkish police have made dozens of arrests in connection with the explosion, including the arrest of a woman suspected of planting the bomb.