Football fans commemorate Istanbul bombing victims

Dec 12, 2016

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Galatasaray President Dursun Ozbek and a lot of different team supporters visit the blast site outside the Besiktas FC s Vodafone Arena Stadium in Istanbul, December 12, 2016, Turkey. At least 44 people were killed and 160 other wounded in twin explosions outside Vodafone Arena Stadium and in nearby Macka Park a few hours after the night s soccer match on 10 December. The bombs apparently targeted police officers who were securing the match. The Kurdish nationalist group Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), which seeks an independent Kurdish state in eastern and southeastern Turkey, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to published reports.
Galatasaray President Dursun Ozbek and a lot of different team supporters visit the blast site outside the Besiktas FC s Vodafone Arena Stadium in Istanbul, December 12, 2016, Turkey. At least 44 people were killed and 160 other wounded in twin explosions outside Vodafone Arena Stadium and in nearby Macka Park a few hours after the night s soccer match on 10 December. The bombs apparently targeted police officers who were securing the match. The Kurdish nationalist group Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), which seeks an independent Kurdish state in eastern and southeastern Turkey, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to published reports.
Galatasaray President Dursun Ozbek and a lot of different team supporters visit the blast site outside the Besiktas FC s Vodafone Arena Stadium in Istanbul, December 12, 2016, Turkey. At least 44 people were killed and 160 other wounded in twin explosions outside Vodafone Arena Stadium and in nearby Macka Park a few hours after the night s soccer match on 10 December. The bombs apparently targeted police officers who were securing the match. The Kurdish nationalist group Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), which seeks an independent Kurdish state in eastern and southeastern Turkey, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to published reports.
Galatasaray President Dursun Ozbek and a lot of different team supporters visit the blast site outside the Besiktas FC s Vodafone Arena Stadium in Istanbul, December 12, 2016, Turkey. At least 44 people were killed and 160 other wounded in twin explosions outside Vodafone Arena Stadium and in nearby Macka Park a few hours after the night s soccer match on 10 December. The bombs apparently targeted police officers who were securing the match. The Kurdish nationalist group Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), which seeks an independent Kurdish state in eastern and southeastern Turkey, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to published reports.
Galatasaray President Dursun Ozbek and a lot of different team supporters visit the blast site outside the Besiktas FC s Vodafone Arena Stadium in Istanbul, December 12, 2016, Turkey. At least 44 people were killed and 160 other wounded in twin explosions outside Vodafone Arena Stadium and in nearby Macka Park a few hours after the night s soccer match on 10 December. The bombs apparently targeted police officers who were securing the match. The Kurdish nationalist group Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), which seeks an independent Kurdish state in eastern and southeastern Turkey, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to published reports.
Galatasaray President Dursun Ozbek and a lot of different team supporters visit the blast site outside the Besiktas FC s Vodafone Arena Stadium in Istanbul, December 12, 2016, Turkey. At least 44 people were killed and 160 other wounded in twin explosions outside Vodafone Arena Stadium and in nearby Macka Park a few hours after the night s soccer match on 10 December. The bombs apparently targeted police officers who were securing the match. The Kurdish nationalist group Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), which seeks an independent Kurdish state in eastern and southeastern Turkey, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to published reports.
Galatasaray President Dursun Ozbek and a lot of different team supporters visit the blast site outside the Besiktas FC s Vodafone Arena Stadium in Istanbul, December 12, 2016, Turkey. At least 44 people were killed and 160 other wounded in twin explosions outside Vodafone Arena Stadium and in nearby Macka Park a few hours after the night s soccer match on 10 December. The bombs apparently targeted police officers who were securing the match. The Kurdish nationalist group Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), which seeks an independent Kurdish state in eastern and southeastern Turkey, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to published reports.
Galatasaray President Dursun Ozbek and a lot of different team supporters visit the blast site outside the Besiktas FC s Vodafone Arena Stadium in Istanbul, December 12, 2016, Turkey. At least 44 people were killed and 160 other wounded in twin explosions outside Vodafone Arena Stadium and in nearby Macka Park a few hours after the night s soccer match on 10 December. The bombs apparently targeted police officers who were securing the match. The Kurdish nationalist group Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), which seeks an independent Kurdish state in eastern and southeastern Turkey, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to published reports.
Galatasaray President Dursun Ozbek and a lot of different team supporters visit the blast site outside the Besiktas FC s Vodafone Arena Stadium in Istanbul, December 12, 2016, Turkey. At least 44 people were killed and 160 other wounded in twin explosions outside Vodafone Arena Stadium and in nearby Macka Park a few hours after the night s soccer match on 10 December. The bombs apparently targeted police officers who were securing the match. The Kurdish nationalist group Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), which seeks an independent Kurdish state in eastern and southeastern Turkey, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to published reports.
Galatasaray President Dursun Ozbek and a lot of different team supporters visit the blast site outside the Besiktas FC s Vodafone Arena Stadium in Istanbul, December 12, 2016, Turkey. At least 44 people were killed and 160 other wounded in twin explosions outside Vodafone Arena Stadium and in nearby Macka Park a few hours after the night s soccer match on 10 December. The bombs apparently targeted police officers who were securing the match. The Kurdish nationalist group Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), which seeks an independent Kurdish state in eastern and southeastern Turkey, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to published reports.
Galatasaray President Dursun Ozbek and a lot of different team supporters visit the blast site outside the Besiktas FC s Vodafone Arena Stadium in Istanbul, December 12, 2016, Turkey. At least 44 people were killed and 160 other wounded in twin explosions outside Vodafone Arena Stadium and in nearby Macka Park a few hours after the night s soccer match on 10 December. The bombs apparently targeted police officers who were securing the match. The Kurdish nationalist group Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), which seeks an independent Kurdish state in eastern and southeastern Turkey, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to published reports.

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