An explosion in the centre of one of Turkey’s most popular tourist resorts killed three people and injured at least 20 others today – less than a day after bomb attacks struck another tourist centre and an Istanbul neighbourhood.

A Kurdish rebel group said it was responsible for an explosion over the weekend that killed four people, including three foreign tourists, but local authorities insisted today that the blast was caused by an exploding gas canister.

A Kurdish rebel group said it was responsible for a weekend explosion that killed four people in Turkey, including three foreign tourists.

Police increased security at Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport today, as authorities and companies began to assess the huge damage caused by a raging fire and tried to determine what caused it.

Istanbul’s chief of police today confirmed that an explosion at an internet cafe frequented by police was a bomb attack.

Turkish security forces killed 10 Kurdish rebels and confiscated explosives and weapons in south-eastern Turkey, local officials said today.