page_title: 2015 Ankara bombings
section_title: International reactions
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 Ankara bombings / Reactions / International reactions
caption_attribution_description: English: Protests against the 2015 Ankara bombings in Paris.
context_page_description: On 10 October 2015 at 10:04 local time in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, two bombs were detonated outside Ankara Central railway station. With a death toll of 109 civilians, the attack surpassed the 2013 Reyhanlı bombings as the deadliest terror attack in modern Turkish history. Another 500 people were injured. Censorship monitoring group Turkey Blocks identified nationwide slowing of social media services in the aftermath of the blasts, described by rights group Human Rights Watch as an "extrajudicial" measure to restrict independent media coverage of the incident.
  The bombs appeared to target a "Labour, Peace and Democracy" rally organised by the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey, the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects, the Peoples' Democratic Party, the Turkish Medical Association and the Confederation of Public Workers' Unions. The peace march was held to protest against the growing conflict between the Turkish Armed Forces and the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party. The incident occurred 21 days before the scheduled 1 November general election.
caption: Protesters in Paris
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