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Turkey in 2003: November
NOVEMBER 2
- Seven people, including four children, died as a bomb left by the terrorist organization PKK/KADEK exploded in Andac village in Uludere town of southeastern Sirnak province.
NOVEMBER 5
- Four terrorists were killed in operations against the terrorist organization PKK/KADEK in Black Sea Tokat and eastern Bingol provinces.
NOVEMBER 7
- The government decided not to use the authorization given to itself by the parliament to permit dispatch of Turkish soldiers abroad and deployment of foreign soldiers in Turkey for six months.
NOVEMBER 11
- The terrorist organization PKK/KADEK announced that it changed its name as Kurdistan People's Party (KHK).
NOVEMBER 15
- Two explosions occurred in front of Neve Shalom Synagoue and Beth Israel Synagogue in Istanbul.
Twenty-five people died and 262 people were injured in the attacks which were staged by two pick-up trucks loaded with explosives on two synagogues.
Security officials stated that three people were detained in connection with the synagogue blasts.
NOVEMBER 18
- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan harshly condemned bomb attacks on two synagogues in Istanbul and said, ''if there is a message wanted to be given to our state or government through terrorism, I would like to say the whole world that I ignore and trample on that message.''
NOVEMBER 19
- Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler announced that DNA tests confirmed that suicide attack on Beth Israel Synagogue in Sisli district of Istanbul was staged by Mesut Cabuk, who was born in eastern Bingol province.
Guler also stated that according to DNA tests, suicide attack on Neve Shalom Synagogue in Beyoglu district of Istanbul was staged by Gokhan Elaltuntas, who was also born in Bingol.
Two of eight people who were transferred to State Security Court (DGM) in connection with the bomb attacks were released while the other six were arrested.
NOVEMBER 20
- Twin suicide attacks were staged on HSBC Bank headquarters and British Consulate General in Istanbul.
Thirty-three people died, including British Consul General in Istanbul Roger Short, and 450 others were injured in the twin suicide attacks which were also staged by two pick-up trucks.
NOVEMBER 21
- Police detained 18 people claimed to have connection with blasts in Istanbul.
- Terrorist attacks in Istanbul were taken up in the meeting of the National Security Council (NSC).
A statement released after the meeting stated that ''international terrorism could not reach its aim'' and said, ''the NSC once more stressed the need to improve regional and global cooperation for a more effective fight against international terrorism.''
NOVEMBER 22
- A coal mine explosion occurred in Ermenek town of central Karaman province. Ten workers who were trapped under rubble died.
NOVEMBER 23
- Appearing on a foreign television channel, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he was not hundred percent sure that bloody attacks in Istanbul were staged by Al Qaida. Erdogan said, ''but, it seems that they were attacks staged by religious feelings.''
NOVEMBER 24
- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who addressed the nation on television, said that associating terrorism with one of the beliefs could trigger reactions of supporters of that belief and noted that what those reactions could never be imagined.
Responding to criticisms that they did not define the incidents as ''Islamic terrorism'', Erdogan said, ''this expectation is not a delicate and democratic expectation.''
NOVEMBER 27
- Istanbul Police Department announced that 51 people had been detained in the wake of four separate bomb attacks in Istanbul.
The Police Department said that 18 of the detainees were sent to prison on charges of ''aiding and abetting the terrorist organization and being a member of such an organization'' while judicial procedures about nine of the detainees continued.
Istanbul Police Department also announced that materials used in four attacks were the same.
NOVEMBER 29
- Turkish engineer Hasan Onal, who was kidnapped by Taleban in Afghanistan, was released 30 days later.
NOVEMBER 30
- Gendarme General Command stated that Hilmi Tugluoglu, her wife and 20 people, who were thought to have relationship with Azad Ekinci, were brought from Syria to Turkey. Azad Ekinci provided the suicide bombers with vehicles and directed the bomb attacks.
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