Turkey mourns after Istanbul bombings by Kurdish militant group kill 38

Istanbul

TURKEY declared a day of national mourning on Sunday after twin bombings killed 38 people near a football stadium in Istanbul for which a Kurdish militant group said it was responsible. The claim was made by the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), seen as a splinter group of the better-known Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the pro-PKK Firat news agency said, carrying a statement from the group.

A car bomb detonated on Saturday outside the home stadium of football giants Besiktas after a Super Lig match between Besiktas and Bursaspor, and less than a minute later a suicide attacker blew himself up near a group of police at a nearby park.

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim ordered flags to fly at half mast while President Recep Tayyip Erdogan postponed a planned trip t…