Turkey has suffered a series of terror attacks in recent months
The Kurdish militant group TAK says it carried out Sunday's deadly attack in the Turkish capital, Ankara.
In an online statement it said the attack, which killed 37 people, was in revenge for military operations in the mainly Kurdish south-east.The TAK, an offshoot of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), had already said it was behind another bombing in Ankara last month.
Authorities in Turkey have blamed the latest attack on the PKK.
In a further development, Germany closed its embassy in Ankara and its consulate and a school in Istanbul on Thursday citing a "concrete threat" of an imminent attack.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his wife, Sare, placed flowers and offered prayers on Thursday at the scene of the Ankara bombing
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Twelve German tourists were killed in a suicide bombing blamed on the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Istanbul in January.
After a bombing in 2011, TAK went quiet for a few years but has now reared its head with an attack at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport in December and the two suicide bombings in Ankara.
The reason is clearly the resumption of armed conflict between the Turkish state and Kurdish militants in the south-east.
Since a ceasefire between the two sides collapsed last July, hundreds have been killed and predominantly Kurdish cities are under repeated curfews.
Just as the PKK has resumed attacks on military and police targets largely in the south-east, TAK has stepped up its bombings in other parts of the country, targeting the capital to show it can hit the very heart of the Turkish state, revelling in exposing apparent security lapses.
Twelve German tourists were killed in a suicide bombing blamed on the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Istanbul in January.
After a bombing in 2011, TAK went quiet for a few years but has now reared its head with an attack at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport in December and the two suicide bombings in Ankara.
The reason is clearly the resumption of armed conflict between the Turkish state and Kurdish militants in the south-east.
Since a ceasefire between the two sides collapsed last July, hundreds have been killed and predominantly Kurdish cities are under repeated curfews.
Just as the PKK has resumed attacks on military and police targets largely in the south-east, TAK has stepped up its bombings in other parts of the country, targeting the capital to show it can hit the very heart of the Turkish state, revelling in exposing apparent security lapses.
Security has been stepped up across Ankara following Sunday's attack
Funerals have been held this week for victims of the blast
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