The two bombings in Istanbul coincided with NATO's decision to appoint Turkish representative Hikmet Cetin -- a former parliament speaker and foreign minister -- as high civil commander of the peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan.
Dva bombaška napada u Istanbulu poklopila su se s odlukom NATO-a o imenovanju Hikmeta Cetina -- bivšeg predsjednika turskog parlamenta i ministra vanjskih poslova -- za visokog civilnog predstavnika mirovnih snaga u Afganistanu.