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 sa odlukom NATO-a da postavi Hikmeta Četina -- bivšeg predsednika turskog parlamenta i ministra inostranih poslova -- na mesto visokog civilnog predstavnika mirovnih snaga u Avganistanu.