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title: "Terror Organisation Claims Responsibility for Chemical Factory Explosion"
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date: "2026-07-30T21:11:42+00:00"
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#  Terror Organisation Claims Responsibility for Chemical Factory Explosion

 Written by Zoe Rutherford on 20 September 2019.

The [incident ](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/must_see/49749483/huge-explosion-at-turkish-chemical-factory)at the factory was attended to by [AFAD CBRN](https://haberglobal.com.tr/gundem/afad-dan-tuzla-daki-fabrika-yangini-hakkinda-aciklama-6810) teams and quickly brought under control. A report in [TRT World ](https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/pkk-affiliate-claims-responsibility-for-chemical-factory-fire-in-istanbul-29955)today has stated that a group calling itself The United Revolutionary Movement of Peoples, affiliated with PKK, has claimed responsibility saying it set the factory on fire because it was producing chemicals, military camouflages, and many other things that supported the Turkish government and the army.

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