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. +DateIncidentDeathsPerpetratorRef.11 August 19761976 Yeşilköy airport attack4Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine1 May 1977Taksim Square massacre34Counter-Guerrilla16 March 1978Beyazıt massacre7Grey Wolves6 September 1986Neve Shalom Synagogue massacre22Abu Nidal Organization13 March 1999Blue Market massacre13Kurdistan Workers' Party13 March 19991999 Istanbul bombings13Kurdistan Workers' Party3 January 2001January 2001 Istanbul bombing4Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front10 September 2001September 2001 Istanbul bombing4Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front15 November 20032003 Istanbul bombings55al-Qaeda20 November 20039 March 20042004 attack on Istanbul restaurant120 May 20042004 Acıbadem bombing0TİKKO19 January 2007Assassination of Hrant Dink1Ogün Samast9 July 20082008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack627 July 20082008 Istanbul bombings178 November 20092009 Istanbul bus attack131 October 20102010 Istanbul bombing1 (the perpetrator)Kurdistan Freedom Hawks11 September 20122012 Istanbul suicide bombing2Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front1 January 20152015 Dolmabahçe Palace attack6 January 20152015 Istanbul suicide bombing2Islamic State31 March 2015Istanbul Justice Palace siege3Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front1 December 2015Istanbul Metro bombing023 December 20152015 Sabiha Gökçen Airport bombing1Kurdistan Freedom Hawks12 January 2016January 2016 Istanbul bombing14 (including the perpetrator)Islamic State19 March 2016March 2016 Istanbul bombing5 (including the perpetrator)7 June 2016June 2016 Istanbul bombing13 (6 police officers 6 civilians, 1 perpetrator)Kurdistan Freedom Hawks28 June 20162016 Istanbul Atatürk Airport attack45 (not including perpetrators)Islamic State6 October 2016October 2016 Istanbul bombing0Kurdistan Workers' Party10 December 2016December 2016 Istanbul bombings48 (39 police officers, 7 civilians, 2 perpetrators)Kurdistan Freedom Hawks1 January 20172017 Istanbul nightclub attack39Islamic State2 October 2018Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi1Saudi Government13 November 20222022 Istanbul bombing6Unknown

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