The explosions occurred near the main exit of the railway station in the Ulus district of Turkey's capital, presumably to cause a high death toll among likely participants at the rally, which was being organized by labor and civil society groups.
Officials fear the death toll could rise.
There was chaos and confusion at the scene of the bombings with emergency workers, survivors and police mingled together trying to get some order.
Bodies lay on the ground and the yellow flags of the HDP and clothes were scattered around. Analysts suspect either the Islamic State militant group or Turkish nationalists opposed to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were behind the attack.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan "condemned this heinous attack on our unity and our country's peace." He announced he is canceling the next three days of appointments to focus on the security challenge to Turkey.
Security officials say it is unclear whether the blasts were detonated by suicide bombers.
Turkish officials said the blasts were a "terrorist attack.” No group has claimed responsibility.
The target appears to have been the march calling for an end to the violence with the Kurdish separatist group Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
The leader of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, told reporters the death toll would likely be heavy. He compared the attack to two bombings earlier this year that struck in the mainly Kurdish towns of Diyarbakır and Suruç in southeast Turkey.
'A huge massacre'
“We are witnessing a huge massacre. An atrocious and barbarian attack was carried out,” Demirtaş said.
Organizers announced the cancelation of the planned peace rally...............http://www.voanews.com/content/turkey-blast/3000071.html
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