The incident comes in the midst of heightened tensions in Turkey, as sitting President Reccip Tayyip Erdogan and the Justice Development Party (AKP) issue new offensives against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and the Islamic State in Syria. 
Tukio hili linakuja kipindi ambacho kumekuwa na mvutano mkali nchini Uturuki, kwani Rais aliyepo madarakani, Reccip Tayyip Erdogani pamoja na Chama cha Utafutaji Haki (AKP) wakiwa wameonesha kwa mara nyingine chuki dhidi ya wanamgambo wa Kikurdi waliopo huko kaskazini mwa Iraki pamoja na wanamgambo wa Dola ya Kiislam nchini Syria.