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Bomb wounds five in Turkey

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ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- A bomb exploded near a minibus stop in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir Friday morning, wounding five people, officials said, according to the Anatolian state news agency.

The attack took place in the city's Ofis business district and is the latest in a string of bombings across the country -- many in Turkey's separatist Kurdish region.

On Sunday, an explosion wounded six people in Istanbul's crowded Bakirkoy district -- a mixed shopping and residential area located on the European side of the Turkish city that straddles both Europe and Asia.

Last month, a suicide bomber detonated at an Ankara shopping district, killing five people and wounding dozens of others.

Turkish authorities blame the May 22 attack on the radical separatist Kurdistan Workers Party, known by its acronym PKK. Its fighters have been staging attacks against Turkey in the country's southeast and from the Kurdish region of neighboring Iraq.

A market in Turkey's port city of Izmir was the scene of a deadly bombing on May 12. At least one person died in that attack.

Journalist Andrew Finkel contributed to this report

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