On 6 January 2015 , a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a police station in the Sultanahmet district of Istanbul , killing one police officer and injuring another . DHKP-C claimed responsibility for the attack , saying it was meant " to punish ( the ) murderers of Berkin Elvan " and " to call to account the fascist state that protects AKP 's corrupt , stealing ministers " . Berkin Elvan was a 15-year-old boy who was killed by a tear-gas canister fired by a police officer during the 2013 Istanbul protests . The group also claimed that the suicide bomber was Elif Sultan Kalsen . After being called to a criminal medical center to identify the body , Kalsen 's family denied the claims , stating that it was not their daughter . On 8 January 2015 , the perpetrator was identified as Diana Ramazova , a Chechen-Russian citizen from Dagestan . Turkish police are investigated Ramazova 's possible links to al-Qaeda or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant . Further investigation revealed that suspect had photos with insurgents from ISIS . The DHKP-C on 8 January removed the statement claiming responsibility from its website without giving any explanation . As of yet , it is not known why they took responsibility for the attack
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DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey