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Germany calls on its citizens to leave Turkey

16 March 2016 14:29 (UTC+04:00)
Germany calls on its citizens to leave Turkey

Germany has urged its citizens to leave Turkey due to the threat of new terrorist attacks in this country, the German embassy in Turkey announced.

Earlier, Germany’s Federal Foreign Office urged the country’s citizens not to travel to Turkey, and recommended the country’s citizens, who are currently in Turkey, to avoid crowded places.

Turkish police have recently warned that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorist group plans to commit a series of terror attacks in the country’s large cities from March 20 to March 30.

A car bomb exploded in Ankara on March 13, near a crowded bus stop. The explosion killed as many as 37 people, 125 more got injured.

Preliminary reports said the two suicide bombers, one male and one female triggered the explosive device, while in the car. According to reports, the mentioned car was hijacked Feb. 10 in the Turkish south-eastern province of Sanliurfa.

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