Turkey's ruling AKP suspends election rallies till Friday over bombing


  • World
  • Wednesday, 14 Oct 2015

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's ruling AK Party has suspended its rallies ahead of a Nov. 1 parliamentary election until Friday in response to double suicide bombings that killed at least 97 people in Ankara, party spokesman Omer Celik said on Monday.

Speaking at a news conference, Celik said some of the party's subsequent rallies would be held under the banner of "unity against terror".

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