PKK Kocamustafapaşa Bomb Blast

In Istanbul the traffic is a nightmare at the best of times, and Friday evening was no exception, it was horrendous!

I was travelling to Birnurs house in Kocumustafapaşa by taxi when I received a telephone call from Birnur telling me that the roads in her suburb are closed due to a bomb blast and she would need to instruct the taxi driver which direction to take me.

What The! Oh, of course, just another bomb blast, nothing too worrying, I mean it was only just under 1 kilometre from Birnurs house! Just another PKK blast to kill and injure Turkish people. Just lovely! Man these people are cowards!

Anyway, suffice to say, I made it to Birnurs house safely and with a minimum of fuss but the whole bomb blast situation really makes me nervous, particularly when it is so close to our homes, in particular, Birnurs home!

In an article posted by the Turkish Daily News (Turkeys only English based daily gazette) the whole situation seems soo blaze...I mean, here is the extract on this shocking event, "A bomb blast in Istanbul late on Friday, claimed by a radical Kurdish group as a reprisal for the victims, killed one person and left about a dozen others injured."

That's the sum and total of the news reporting that I saw on the topic, quite amazing if you ask me! Anyway, I stayed at Birnurs house on the Friday evening so we could wake early to visit more potential wedding venues. Not much else to report for that evening!