Bomb Victim Was Far Leftist

"It is believed she was a member of DHKP-C (Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front)," a police official said. Police said they believed the woman’s explosives had detonated in the cafe by accident.

DHKP-C, the largest of Turkey’s extreme-left factions, said it was behind a string of small blasts in Istanbul last month to protest against the U.S.-led war in Iraq. No one was hurt in those attacks.

A member of DHKP-C based in Belgium told Reuters he had "no information at this time" about the blast in Ankara, which also injured one other person.