Istanbul police provide details regarding yesterday’s incident: The perpetrator of the Istanbul explosion is Syrian and has received orders from the PKK.
A Turkish television network reported that the woman, identified by some sources as Cian Tosun, is of Syrian nationality and received instructions from the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, for the explosion in Istanbul.
Police stated that they have arrested 46 other suspects in connection with this incident.
Turkey’s Minister of Justice also mentioned that, based on CCTV footage, a woman sat on one of the street benches for 40 minutes, and the explosion occurred one or two minutes after she got up.