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Two far-leftist groups with alleged links to the Kurdish militant group PKK carried out two bombings in Turkey this week, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Friday.<\/p>\n

A prison guard was killed in an explosion that hit a bus<\/a> in Turkey\u2019s northwestern province of Bursa on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

A day later, an attacker placed a bomb in Istanbul\u2019s Gaziosmanpasa district outside the offices of a non-governmental organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe identified the perpetrators of both attacks, in Bursa and Istanbul. They are affiliated with two organizations subcontracting for the PKK [Kurdistan Workers Party],\u201d Soylu told broadcaster NTV in an interview.<\/p>\n

He said the MLKP and the DKP-BOG – groups that are banned in Turkey for alleged links to the PKK had carried out the attacks.<\/p>\n

Although attacks have declined sharply in recent years, similar actions have been carried out in the past by Kurdish, leftist and extremist militants.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Turkey announced the start of a new ground and air campaign in northern Iraq, targeting PKK militants.<\/p>\n

The bombings bring back memories of previous PKK suicide bombings and bomb attacks in Turkish tourist resorts and metropoles throughout the nineties and 00’s.<\/p>\n

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