土耳其伊斯坦布尔的阿塔图尔克国际机场自杀袭击造成的死亡人数仍在上升之际，比纳利·耶尔德勒姆总理星期三凌晨发出全国团结的呼吁。这次袭击导致至少36人死亡。
耶尔德勒姆总理在内阁成员的簇拥下表示，三名自杀炸弹手星期二晚乘坐出租车抵达繁忙的机场，用自动武器任意扫射人群，随后在警察逼近之际引爆炸弹。这次袭击还造成147人受伤。
美国之音驻伊斯坦布尔记者琼斯说，其中一名炸弹手在国际机场的抵达航站楼外引爆炸弹。那个地点通常挤满候车的旅客。另外两名自杀手据信试图进入有武装警察和X光检测机保护的航站楼。
目前还没有人声称对爆炸负责。但是耶尔德勒姆总理表示，初步证据指向伊斯兰国极端分子，他用了一个阿拉伯有贬损意味的词“达伊沙”来称呼他们。耶尔德勒姆指责这起攻击是“懦夫行为”，并誓言土耳其将继续打击极端主义。
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim issued a call for national unity early Wednesday, as his country faced a rising death toll from a suicide attack that killed at least 36 people at Istanbul's Ataturk international airport.
Yildirim, flanked by members of his cabinet, said three suicide bombers arrived by taxi Tuesday evening at the busy airport and opened fire with automatic weapons, shooting randomly at bystanders before detonating explosives as police closed in. The attack wounded 147 people.
VOA's Dorian Jones in Istanbul said one of the bombers detonated his explosives outside the international arrival terminal. That area is usually packed with people waiting for transportation. The two other attackers are believed to have tried to enter the terminal, which is protected by heavily armed police and X-ray machines.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. But Yildirim said early evidence pointed to an attack by Islamic State extremists, whom he identified by the Arabic pejorative Daesh. He called the attack "cowardly" and vowed his country would continue to press its fight against extremism.
