Four people were killed, 38 were injured in an explosion in the center of Istanbul.

4 people were killed and 38 injured today in an explosion that occurred in the Taksim district of Istanbul, northwest Turkey. Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya said the explosion occurred on Istiklal Street, which was filled with pedestrians. and led to the death of four people and the injury of 38 others, noting that ambulances and firefighters arrived at the scene of the explosion immediately, and the authorities also sent specialists to dismantle the explosives, and the cause of the explosion is not yet clear.