Maçka Democracy Park is a recreational area in
Istanbul
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, Turkey, which has paths for jogging, walking and dog walking. It also has children's areas, rest areas and benches and decorative pools.
December 2016 bombing
On 10 December 2016, the park was the site of a
suicide bombing, one of
two bombings that day for which the
Kurdistan Freedom Hawks
The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks or TAK ( ku, Teyrêbazên Azadiya Kurdistan), is a Kurdish nationalist militant group in Turkey seeking an independent Kurdish state in Turkish Kurdistan (eastern and southeastern Turkey). The group also opposes the Tu ...
claimed responsibility.
The suicide bombing killed four police officers and one civilian at the park.
References
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Parks in Istanbul
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