January 2001 Istanbul bombing

This article is about the suicide attack on 3 January 2001. For the suicide attack on 10 September 2001, see 2001 Istanbul suicide bombing.

January 2001 Istanbul suicide bombing
Location	Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey
Date	3 January 2001 13:50 EET (UTC+02:00)
Attack type	Suicide attack
Deaths	2 (including the perpetrator)
Injured	7
Perpetrators	Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front
Assailant	Gültekin Koç

On 3 January 2001, a suicide attack was carried out by Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front member Gültekin Koç in Şişli, Istanbul, at a police station. As a result of the explosion, one civilian along with the perpetrator was killed and 7 others were injured, 2 being critically.

Attack

At around 13:50 (UTC+02.00), Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front member Gültekin Koç introduced himself as a business man and entered a police station. He went to the room of Şişli District Chief Constable Selçuk Tanrıverdi using an elevator. Bodyguard of Tanrıverdi, Naci Canan Tuncer realized him and asked him why he wants to see Tanrıverdi. Koç panicked and detonated the explosives on him. Naci Canan Tuncer and perpetrator Gültekin Koç died in the attack while seven people including three police officers and 4 civilians were injured.