Category: Terrorism, from Wikidata’s class “terrorist attack”
June 2016 Istanbul bombing
Part of: Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
Wikidata classes on our event-class list: terrorist attack (all its classes: Wikidata item)
On 7 June 2016, at around 08:40 (UTC+3), a bombing occurred in central Istanbul, Turkey, killing 12 people and injuring 51 others, three of them seriously. The attack targeted a bus carrying policemen as the vehicle passed through the Vezneciler district near the Şehzade Mosque and the Vezneciler Metro station.
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June 2016 Istanbul bombing. (2026, February 17). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=June_2016_Istanbul_bombing&oldid=1338815427
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“June 2016 Istanbul bombing.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 17 Feb. 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=June_2016_Istanbul_bombing&oldid=1338815427.
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Wikipedia, “June 2016 Istanbul bombing,” last modified February 17, 2026, 11:22 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=June_2016_Istanbul_bombing&oldid=1338815427.
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Wikipedia, “June 2016 Istanbul bombing.”
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This event on Middle East, 1900–present: https://middleeast.events/event/june-2016-istanbul-bombing
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