Çatak

Çatak is a district of Van Province of Turkey, near the border with Iran. The mayor is Emin Babur (AKP). Two people were killed in a bomb explosion at an outdoor cafe in south-east Turkey, police stated on September 4, 2006. It followed a series of bombings in the last week of August 2006, at Turkish resorts and in Istanbul, that killed at least three people. A separatist militant group, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (Tac), has said it carried out those attacks. Its website warned on August 29, 2006 that it would turn "Turkey into hell". The group, which is said to be linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), called on foreign tourists not to travel to the country. Turkish media said a remote-controlled bomb in Çatak was...