ANKARA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A blast occurred near a wedding hall in Sahinbey District of southeastern Turkish province of Gaziantep on Saturday night, killing at least 30 people and injuring 94 others, authorities said.
Turkey has been targeted by a wave of bombing attacks in recent years. The following is a chronology of major bombing attacks in Turkey since the beginning of 2016:
On Aug. 19, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants detonated an explosive device in the Ozalp district of the eastern Turkish province of Van, hitting a passing military vehicle. Five soldiers and one civilian were wounded in the attack.
On Aug. 18, at least three police officers were killed and 217 others wounded, 85 of which were police officers, in a suicide car bomb attack targeting a police station in the eastern Turkish city of Elazig. The PKK militant group claimed responsibility for the attack.
On Aug. 17, two police officers and one civilian were killed and 73 people were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a police station in Turkey's eastern province of Van.
On July 28, five security personnel were killed and 11 others wounded in two separate bombing attacks by the outlawed PKK militants in southeastern Turkish province of Siirt and central province of Hakkari.
On July 25, a roadside bomb placed by militants of the outlawed PKK killed three policemen in southeastern Turkish province of Mardin.
On June 28, three suicide bombers opened fire at random at Istanbul Attaturk Airport before blowing themselves up, killing at least 41, including 12 foreign nationals, and injuring 239 others. The Turkish government blamed the Islamic State for the attack.
On June 7, seven police officers and four civilians were killed and 36 others injured in a car bombing attack on a police shuttle bus in Istanbul.
On March 19, a bomber detonated his explosives on Istiklal street in Istanbul's Beyoglu district that is home to cafes, restaurants and foreign consulates, killing at least five people and injuring 20 others.
On March 13, a car bomb exploded in central Ankara, killing at least 37 people and injuring 125 others, 19 of whom were in serious condition. The attack was claimed by the Kurdish Freedom Falcons (TAK).
On Feb. 17, a bomb-laden automobile struck military service buses transporting personnel which stopped at a traffic light at 18:31 local time (GMT 16:31) in Ankara, killing at least 29 and injuring 61. The government said the suicide attacker was a member of the PKK and its Syrian offshoot the Democratic Union Party.
On Jan. 12, at least 10 people were killed and 15 others wounded in an explosion that hit Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet Square, which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed on a Syrian suicide bomber.
