The 2013 Reyhanlı bombings were a terrorist attack that involved the explosion of two car bombs in Reyhanlı on 11 May 2013 . 51 people were killed , and 140 more were injured in the attack . The car bombs were left outside Reyhanlı 's town hall and post office . The first exploded at around 1:45 pm local time , ( 10:45 UTC ) and the second exploded about 15 minutes later . People attempting to help those injured in the first explosion were caught in the second blast . At that time , the attack was the deadliest single act of terrorism in the history of modern Turkey , only to be surpassed by the 103 victims of the 2015 Ankara bombings
2015 Ankara bombings
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