MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The US Consulate General in Istanbul issued a warning to US citizens on Saturday, cautioning of a credible threat facing people visiting touristic places in Turkey.
"The U.S. Mission in Turkey would like to inform U.S. citizens that there are credible threats to tourist areas, in particular to public squares and docks in Istanbul and Antalya. Please exercise extreme caution if you are in the vicinity of such areas. For your personal safety, we urge you to monitor local media," the consulate said in an emergency message published on its website.
Turkey has been hit by a number of terrorist attacks in recent months, as it is struggling to deal the threat from the Daesh terrorist group, banned in Russia among other countries, and fighting against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the Kurdish pro-independence organization considered to be terrorist by Ankara.
On February 17, a car bomb exploded outside a military housing complex near the parliament building in central Ankara, killing 28 and injuring 61.
In January, over 10 foreign tourists were killed in a suicide attack in Istanbul.
