At least two explosions and gunfire have rocked Istanbul's Ataturk international airport, with reports of "multiple" people injured.
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up, Reuters news agency quoted a Turkish official as saying.
Police had opened fire to neutralise the suspects at an entry point, it added.
In December, a blast on the tarmac at a different Istanbul airport, Sabiha Gokcen, killed a cleaner.
Recent bomb attacks in Turkey have been linked to Kurdish separatists or the so-called Islamic State group.
Forty people were injured in the attack, Turkish newspaper Haberturk reports on its website (in Turkish).
Gunfire was reportedly directed from an airport car park.
A US State Department travel warning for Turkey, originally published in March and updated on Monday, urges US citizens to "exercise heightened vigilance and caution when visiting public access areas, especially those heavily frequented by tourists."
#1: redleghunter To: Stoner (#0)
redleghunter posted on 2016-06-28 16:44:57 Reply Private Reply
#2: rlk To: Stoner (#0)
rlk posted on 2016-06-28 16:48:06 Reply Private Reply
#3: tpaine To: redleghunter, stoner, y'all (#1)
tpaine posted on 2016-06-28 16:49:18 Reply Private Reply
#4: redleghunter To: tpaine (#3)
Bet ya it was Al Nusra front. The AQ flavor Obama is funding.
redleghunter posted on 2016-06-28 16:53:01 Reply Private Reply
#5: Stoner To: tpaine (#3)
A very good friend of mine, SF's, told me a story about when he was in VN. Said he went on an operation with a squad from Turkey. He said they were the equivalent of SF's. He said they were the wildest, most vicious guys he had ever seen or heard of. He said he never wanted them to be after him.
Stoner posted on 2016-06-28 17:01:12 Reply Private Reply
#6: Stoner To: All (#0)
Stoner posted on 2016-06-28 17:02:21 Reply Private Reply
#7: Vicomte13 To: Stoner (#0)
Vicomte13 posted on 2016-06-28 17:15:18 Reply Private Reply
#8: tpaine To: Stoner (#5)
The Turks are bad dudes, and only marginally Muslim.
tpaine posted on 2016-06-28 17:18:26 Reply Private Reply
#9: Vinny To: Stoner, Deckard (#0)
Vinny posted on 2016-06-28 17:19:45 Reply Private Reply
#10: goldilucky To: Stoner (#0)
You would think that US citizens contemplating traveling abroad would contact the US Department or their travel agent to get alert updates and that they would heed those warnings.
goldilucky posted on 2016-06-29 02:08:29 Reply Private Reply
#11: redleghunter To: goldilucky (#10)
You would think only Americans who have business obligations in Turkey would actually visit Turkey. Unless one is an American Jihadi.
redleghunter posted on 2016-06-29 09:43:53 Reply Private Reply
#12: BobCeleste To: redleghunter (#1)
Ya think? I kinda figured it to be a bunch of nuns. < 2x sarcasm off>
BobCeleste posted on 2016-06-29 11:31:51 Reply Private Reply
#13: goldilucky To: redleghunter (#11)
Is that what the State Department would actually have us all believe? Despite that the State Department had prior knowledge of this hit to happen several months dating back to March of this year? Or better yet, explain to us why the State Department had prior knowledge of the Benghazi hit but failed to notify our four servicemen including Chris Stevens (all of which had business obligations to be there) which resulted in their untimely deaths.
goldilucky posted on 2016-06-29 12:29:38 Reply Private Reply
#14: tomder55 To: redleghunter (#1)
tomder55 posted on 2016-07-01 10:45:49 Reply Private Reply