{"id":1297,"date":"2016-01-12T18:19:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T10:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/12\/10-dead-after-explosion-rocks-istanbuls-main-tourist-district\/"},"modified":"2016-01-12T18:19:17","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T10:19:17","slug":"10-dead-after-explosion-rocks-istanbuls-main-tourist-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/12\/10-dead-after-explosion-rocks-istanbuls-main-tourist-district\/","title":{"rendered":"10 dead after explosion rocks Istanbul&#039;s main tourist district"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Istanbul1\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.2.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAxLzEyL2JlL2lzdGFuYnVsMS43ZmQwMC5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgk1NzV4MzIzIwplCWpwZw\/6df7f877\/158\/istanbul1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=10+dead+after+explosion+rocks+Istanbul%27s+main+tourist+district&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F12%2Fsultanahmet-explosion-turkey%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F12%2Fsultanahmet-explosion-turkey%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>An explosion in the historic district of Sultanahmet, close to the Blue Mosque, in Istanbul, has left 10 dead and many others wounded, the governor&#8217;s office has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion, which took place near the obelisk of Theodosius was strong enough to be heard in nearby neighborhoods, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnnturk.com\/turkiye\/sultanahmet-meydaninda-patlama\">according<\/a> to CNN Turk.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation has started to determine who was behind the attack. Local media outlets have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/explosion-in-istanbuls-sultanahmet-casualties-reported.aspx?pageID=238&amp;nID=93736&amp;NewsCatID=341\">reported<\/a> that it was likely caused by a suicide bomber.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Istanbul?src=hash\">#Istanbul<\/a> police seal off Hippodrome area of historic Sultanahmet after loud explosion. Ambulances racing in &amp; out <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TP4TV2bj4W\">pic.twitter.com\/TP4TV2bj4W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ayla Jean Yackley (@aylajean) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aylajean\/status\/686831430421319680\">January 12, 2016<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/12\/sultanahmet-explosion-turkey\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/turkey\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Turkey<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/us-world\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Us World<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/istanbul\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Istanbul<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/NMYaYQYUOPo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An explosion in the historic district of Sultanahmet, close to the Blue Mosque, in Istanbul, has left 10 dead and many others wounded, the governor&#8217;s office has confirmed. The explosion, which took place near the obelisk of Theodosius was strong &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/12\/10-dead-after-explosion-rocks-istanbuls-main-tourist-district\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[940,939,732],"class_list":["post-1297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-istanbul","tag-turkey","tag-us-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}