Abstract
On 12 January at 10:20am local time, a group of tourists walking in the historic Sultanahmet square were attacked by a suicide bomber in Istanbul, Turkey. Surrounded by the Roman-era Basilica Cistern, Ottoman Blue Mosque and Byzantine Hagia Sophia, the place of the blast was highly symbolic as a major tourist destination. Ten people were killed and Turkish authorities were quick to name the suicide bomber as Nabil Fadli, a Syrian national who was born in Saudi Arabia in 1988. Fadli was announced to be one of the 2.5 million Syrian refugees who have passed into Turkey since 2011. His fingerprints found at the Sultanahmet square after the blast matched with the fingerprints taken by Turkish Immigration Authority upon his entrance to Turkey on 5 January 2016.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Australian Institute of International Affairs |
| Place of Publication | Online |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |