Several people have been killed in an
explosion in a district of Istanbul popular with tourists, Turkish media
reports say.
The explosion occurred just after
10:00 local time (08:00 GMT) in the city's historic Sultanahmet district, close
to the Blue Mosque.
Ambulances rushed to the scene and
police have sealed off the area.
Some local reports suggest the
explosion was caused by a suicide bomber.
The BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul says
in recent months there have been sporadic attacks by a far left group in
Istanbul, while violence has soared between Turkish forces and PKK Kurdish
militants, mainly in southeast Turkey, after a ceasefire broke down.
Turkey has also been hit by bomb
attacks blamed by prosecutors on the so-called Islamic State group. Two suicide
blasts in the capital Ankara in October killed more than 100 people and more
than 30 people were killed in an attack near the border with Syria in July, BBC Report.
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