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Turkey Lays Blame For Bombings On ISIS, As Elections Approach

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Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Turkey says it is close to identifying two suicide bombers responsible for an attack at a peace rally in Ankara on Saturday. That attack left at least 97 people dead and more than 200 wounded. Turkey's prime minister says the investigation is focusing on people with ties to the so-called Islamic State. But as NPR's Peter Kenyon reports, grieving family members are also holding the government responsible.PETER KENYON, BYLINE: As with small bomb attacks that hit pro-Kurdish events earlier this year, ISIS is the government's prime candidate for this bombing, the deadliest in modern Turkey's history. It's a theory that can't be ruled out. ISIS has declared both Turks and Kurds to be sworn enemies and has shown itself capable of spectacular attacks in the past.UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Chanting in foreign language).KENYON: But at a funeral for some of the victims in Istanbul today, this crowd of stunned mourners wasn't ready to accept

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