It was indeed a suicide bomber. Furthermore: “A security source, who declined to be named, told Reuters all eyes were on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) - which is waging an armed struggle against the Turkish state for greater Kurdish rights - saying the bombing bore the hallmarks of the outlawed guerrilla movement.”

The question is: when will the Turkish government finally, and decisively, act? If I were Turkish, I would be calling on my government to act ASAP. There are several PKK training camps in Northern Iraq: they have to be destroyed. Turkey has warned the Iraqi government and the US on several occasions: seemingly, both countries don’t care.

Today’s Zaman has more:

In addition to Erdoğan, Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaşar Büyükanıt and force commanders also rushed to the scene of explosion.

“Who feeds terrorist groups? Who’s behind them? That’s what we need to look at,” said Büyükanıt to reporters. He also said further attacks in big cities could take place.

Büyükanıt has recently accused Iraqi Kurds of supporting the PKK and called for an operation in northern Iraq to eliminate the PKK bases there. The United States opposes Turkish military action in Iraq, fearing it would complicate US efforts to restore stability there.

It can’t be long before Turkey acts… especially considering that Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaşar Büyükanıt might have been the actual target of the bombing:

Newspapers speculated on Wednesday that Büyükanıt could be the target of the attack. Büyükanıt, along with a number of foreign chiefs of staff and defense ministers, were scheduled to pass through the scene of explosion at 19:45, about an hour after the blast took place, on their way to the reception.