Terror attacks in Istanbul

The following is a list of historical terrorist attacks in Istanbul. Certain periods have seen an increase in political violence in Turkey, such as between 2015 and 2016.^[1]

Date	Incident	Deaths	Perpetrator	Ref.
11 August 1976	1976 Yeşilköy airport attack	4	Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
1 May 1977	Taksim Square massacre	34	Counter-Guerrilla
16 March 1978	Beyazıt massacre	7	Grey Wolves
6 September 1986	Neve Shalom Synagogue massacre	22	Abu Nidal Organization
13 March 1999	Blue Market massacre	13	Kurdistan Workers' Party
13 March 1999	1999 Istanbul bombings	13	Kurdistan Workers' Party
3 January 2001	January 2001 Istanbul bombing	4	Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front
10 September 2001	September 2001 Istanbul bombing	4	Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front
15 November 2003	2003 Istanbul bombings	55	al-Qaeda
20 November 2003
9 March 2004	2004 attack on Istanbul restaurant	1
20 May 2004	2004 Acıbadem bombing	0	TİKKO
19 January 2007	Assassination of Hrant Dink	1	Ogün Samast
9 July 2008	2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack	6
27 July 2008	2008 Istanbul bombings	17
8 November 2009	2009 Istanbul bus attack	1
31 October 2010	2010 Istanbul bombing	1 (the perpetrator)	Kurdistan Freedom Hawks
11 September 2012	2012 Istanbul suicide bombing	2	Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front
1 January 2015	2015 Dolmabahçe Palace attack			[1]
6 January 2015	2015 Istanbul suicide bombing	2	Islamic State
31 March 2015	Istanbul Justice Palace siege	3	Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front
1 December 2015	Istanbul Metro bombing	0
23 December 2015	2015 Sabiha Gökçen Airport bombing	1	Kurdistan Freedom Hawks
12 January 2016	January 2016 Istanbul bombing	14 (including the perpetrator)	Islamic State
19 March 2016	March 2016 Istanbul bombing	5 (including the perpetrator)
7 June 2016	June 2016 Istanbul bombing	13 (6 police officers 6 civilians, 1 perpetrator)	Kurdistan Freedom Hawks
28 June 2016	2016 Istanbul Atatürk Airport attack	45 (not including perpetrators)	Islamic State	[1]
6 October 2016	October 2016 Istanbul bombing	0	Kurdistan Workers' Party
10 December 2016	December 2016 Istanbul bombings	48 (39 police officers, 7 civilians, 2 perpetrators)	Kurdistan Freedom Hawks
1 January 2017	2017 Istanbul nightclub attack	39	Islamic State
2 October 2018	Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi	1	Saudi Government
13 November 2022	2022 Istanbul bombing	6	Unknown

References

1. Sancar, Funda; Zara, Ayten (March 2023). "Impact of Political Violence on People in Istanbul: The Role of Resilience in Posttraumatic Stress and Psychological Health". Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. 32 (3): 399–413 – via EBSCOhost.