When a pair of black leather oxfords hurled at President Bush in Baghdad produced a gasp heard around the world, a Turkish cobbler had a different reaction: They were his shoes.

Two consecutive explosions in a busy shopping district in an Istanbul suburb have killed at least 15 people and injured 137.

Istanbul’s governor Muammer Guler told reporters at the scene that “it is certain that this is a terror attack.” [...]

Our heart goes to the victims and we hope the security officials find the perpetrator sooner rather than later. Who did it? As far as Turkey, it’s PKK, a Kurdish separatist movement, which used to be a suspect in such a situation. Another possibility is not ruled out for sure.