The blast took place on Saturday when a bomber detonated his explosives on Istiklalstreet in Istanbuls Beyoglu district.
The street, which adjoins Taksim Square, is also home to cafes, restaurantsand foreign consulate buildings.
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People gather at the site of a bomb attack in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 19, 2016.[/caption]Istanbuls governor Vasip Sahin said that the death toll for the attack has so far reached five. At least 36people have also been injured, seven critically.
According to Turkeys Dogan news agency, ambulances rushed to the scene of the blast.
Reports say the attacker is among those killed.
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Turkish police cordon off the site of a blast in Istanbul on March 19, 2019.[/caption]Ugly face of terror
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is on an official visit to Istanbul, roundly condemned the terror attack, which he said, shows the ugly face of terrorism.
The incident comes just days after a bombing attack, claimed by a Kurdish militant group, left about 35 people dead in the capital, Ankara.
Turkey has witnessed at least five major bombing attacks since last July, when it launched a military campaign against militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the southeastern border areas.
The Turkish military has also been conducting offensive operations against the positions of the group in northern Iraq.
The operations began in the wake of a deadly July 2015 bombing in the southern Turkish town of Suruc. More than 30 people died in the attack, which the Turkish government blamed on the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
After the bombing, the PKK militants, who accuse the government in Ankara of supporting Daesh, engaged in a series of attacks against Turkish police and security forces.
By Press TV
