A home-made bomb wounded a 20-year-old woman in Turkey's Mediterranean port city of Mersin on Wednesday, security officials said, the latest in a series of attacks on coastal areas and tourist resorts, according to Reuters. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, which damaged an electricity substation and smashed windows in nearby cars and houses. On Tuesday, a shadowy Kurdish rebel group threatened to turn Turkey "into hell" after claiming responsibility for a two-day bombing spree that killed three people and wounded dozens, including European holiday-makers, at popular tourist resorts. The Kurdish Liberation Hawks (TAK) warned foreign tourists to stay away from Turkey. TAK is believed to be linked to the outlawed and larger Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which launched a guerrilla separatist campaign in 1984. The Mersin bomb exploded in a rubbish container and officials said police had detained one person dressed as a dustman. The attack coincided with nationwide parades and celebrations marking the end of Turkey's war of independence in 1922. At a parade in the resort town of Marmaris -- where an attack occurred earlier this week -- flag-waving marchers shouted slogans condemning the bombings, the state news agency Anatolian reported. There is concern in Turkey's tourist industry the bombings could harm the $18 billion sector, a powerful motor behind the national economy, but financial markets have been unaffected by the attacks. The PKK took up arms with the aim of creating a homeland in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey. More than 30,000 people have been killed in the separatist conflict. Turkey, the United States and the European Union consider the PKK a terrorist group.
