If the objective of a terror attack is to sow chaos, the Ankara bombing, which comes less than three weeks ahead of a bitterly contested snap election, appears to have done the job.
A day after the deadliest attack of its kind in Turkey’s history — with as many as 128 people claimed dead by opposition politicians though official figures remain at 95 — outrage is growing amid claims of official negligence, the country’s politicians are at each others’ throats, a ceasefire between Kurdish insurgents and security forces appears to be dead in the water, and talk of a renewed civil war no longer appears to be premature.
Instead of bringing the country together, the bombing threatens to tear it further apart, analysts say.
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