Target of Suicide bomber was ATV Channel

The terrorists was planning to bomb-raid ATV Channel because he thought that the channel had Jewish partners.

The perpetrator of the killing of Dentist Yasef Yahya last year, was also caught in police operations , in operations carried out after the raid on the Mason Lodge last Tuesday.

Istanbul’s Governor Muammer Guler said in a press conference that 18 people, including 3 live-bombs were detained in operations following the Mason lodge raid. These included Adem Cetinkaya, who is related with the killing of Dentist Yahya. Cetinkaya, who was preparing to enter the ATV building yesterday morning as a live bomb, was reportedly captured a few hours before his raid,

Governor Guler who demonstrated the live bomb materials to the press said that “We know that three of these men are live bombs and this is the biggest accomplishment of police.

Police detained 15 people in connection with the bomb-raids of Nihat Dogruel and Engin Vural to the Mason lodge. After the information obtained from these, Hasan Dag and Ali Temizli, connected to the killing of Yasef Yahya, were captured. Police also captured Adem Cetinkaya at a cell-home in Pendik where he was preparing for a suicide raid.