# Turkish airport bombed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-airport-bombed/758655 "2016-06-28T23:56:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-airport-bombed/758655/1 "2016-06-28T23:56:08Z")
> **[Istanbul airport attack: 36 dead, 147 injured, Turkish officials say | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/28/europe/turkey-istanbul-airport-attacks/index.html)** > > Gunshots, screams and explosions pierced the air Tuesday as three terrorists armed with bombs and guns killed 36 people at Istanbul Ataturk Airport in Turkey. Breaking news - the tv is currently saying at least 31 dead and 147 wounded. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-airport-bombed/758655/2 "2016-06-28T23:59:22Z")
This is Horrible! Do we have any idea yet who did it? Was Russia involved? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-airport-bombed/758655/3 "2016-06-28T23:59:56Z")
They’re pretty sure it was ISIS. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-airport-bombed/758655/4 "2016-06-29T00:10:38Z")
No one has claimed responsibility yet, but the reporter just said it fits ISIS MO- and also said that when ISIS has hit Turkey in the past, they haven’t usually claimed responsibility. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-airport-bombed/758655/5 "2016-06-29T00:55:22Z")
Dreadful. Some friends came through that airport the day before. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-airport-bombed/758655/6 "2016-06-29T02:19:24Z")
My ex-husband and our 4 kids are headed to Turkey day after tomorrow. If this atrocity had happened in 2 days, it could have been them. I feel stunned, horrified, and so incredibly lucky. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-airport-bombed/758655/7 "2016-06-29T03:36:26Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > My ex-husband and our 4 kids are headed to Turkey day after tomorrow. If this atrocity had happened in 2 days, it could have been them. I feel stunned, horrified, and so incredibly lucky. That’s terrifying. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-airport-bombed/758655/8 "2016-06-29T10:35:01Z")
I have a friend whose son is in Turkey on a Rotary student exchange program. He (the son) was (and still is as of this writing) scheduled to fly back Saturday. Looks the airport has reopened. He is flying Air Canada so the (lifted) ban on U.S. \<–\> Turkey flights is not relavent. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-airport-bombed/758655/9 "2016-07-01T01:02:57Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > This is Horrible! Do we have any idea yet who did it? Was Russia involved? from CNN: > **[From Russia with hate | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/opinions/russia-soviet-fighters-istanbul-bombing-bergen/index.html)** > > Russians are the largest group of foot soldiers in the group from a non-Muslim majority country and they have also played a leadership role in the organization, write Peter Bergen and David Sterman i swear to Og, that was just a lucky guess…