The following is a list of historical terrorist attacks in Istanbul. Certain periods have seen an increase in political violence in Turkey, such as between 2015 and 2016.
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!Date
!Incident
!Deaths
!Perpetrator
!Ref.
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|11 August 1976
|1976 Yeşilköy airport attack
|4
|Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
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|1 May 1977
|Taksim Square massacre
|34
|Counter-Guerrilla
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|-
|16 March 1978
|Beyazıt massacre
|7
|Grey Wolves
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|-
|6 September 1986
|Neve Shalom Synagogue massacre
|22
|Abu Nidal Organization
|
|-
|13 March 1999
|Blue Market massacre
|13
|Kurdistan Workers' Party
|
|-
|13 March 1999
|1999 Istanbul bombings
|13
|Kurdistan Workers' Party
|
|-
|3 January 2001
|January 2001 Istanbul bombing
|4
|Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front
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|-
|10 September 2001
|September 2001 Istanbul bombing
|4
|Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front
|
|-
|15 November 2003
| rowspan="2" |2003 Istanbul bombings
| rowspan="2" |55
| rowspan="2" |al-Qaeda
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|-
|20 November 2003
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|-
|9 March 2004
|2004 attack on Istanbul restaurant
|1
|
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|-
|20 May 2004
|2004 Acıbadem bombing
|0
|TİKKO
|
|-
|19 January 2007
|Assassination of Hrant Dink
|1
|Ogün Samast
|
|-
|9 July 2008
|2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack
|6
|
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|27 July 2008
|2008 Istanbul bombings
|17
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|8 November 2009
|2009 Istanbul bus attack
|1
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|-
|31 October 2010
|2010 Istanbul bombing
|1 (the perpetrator)
|Kurdistan Freedom Hawks
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|-
|11 September 2012
|2012 Istanbul suicide bombing
|2
|Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front
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|-
|1 January 2015
|2015 Dolmabahçe Palace attack
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