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Turks mourn Ankara bombing victims

Hundreds gather in Ankara to remember nearly 100 people killed in twin blasts at a peace rally on Saturday.

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Hundreds of mourners gather to remember the 95 people killed in twin blasts at a peace rally on Saturday, the worst attack in Turkey's modern history. [Deniz/EPA]
Published On 12 Oct 2015

Ankara, Turkey – Thousands have gathered to mourn the death of the at least 95 people killed in bomb blasts at a peace rally in the Turkish capital Ankara.

Mourners – mainly leftists, unionists and pro-Kurdish activists – were overwhelmed with grief and still shocked at the attacks.

The government says Kurdish rebels or ISIL fighters were responsible, but there have been accusations that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is intensifying a crackdown on Kurdish groups ahead of elections in November.

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Turkey declared three days of mourning following Saturday's nearly simultaneous explosions that targeted a peace rally in Ankara to call for increased democracy and an end to the renewed fighting between the Turkish security forces and Kurdish fighters. [Burhan Ozbilici/AP]
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A member of the left-wing Labour Party (EMEP) holds a picture of Sebnem Yurtman, a victim of Saturday's bomb blasts. [Umit Bektas/Reuters]
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No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which comes just three weeks before snap general elections set for November 1. [Tolga Bozoglu/EPA]
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Kemal Kilicdaroglu, right, head of Republican People's Party, Turkey's main opposition party, accompanied by his wife Selvi, lay flowers at the site of Saturday's bombing attacks in Ankara. [AP]
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Turks mourned the deadliest attack of its kind on Turkish soil. [Umit Bektas/Reuters]
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Turkish investigators worked on Sunday to identify the perpetrators and victims of Saturday's bomb blasts. [Umit Bektas/Reuters]
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Thousands of people, many chanting anti-government slogans, gathered in central Ankara on Sunday. [Sedat Suna/EPA]
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People pray near the coffin of Kubra Mollaoglu, who was killed the previous day in a blast in Ankara on Saturday. [Deniz Toprak/EPA]
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A protester holding carnations stands behind a police barricade blocking the way to the site of Saturday's explosions. [Emrah Gurel/AP]