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Istanbul Ataturk airport attack: Timeline of major bombings in Turkey

WATCH ABOVE: Death toll in Istanbul airport attack rises to 41; Turkey blames ISIS – Jun 29, 2016

The deadly attack at Istanbul’s crowded Ataturk Airport that killed at least 41 people and wounded hundreds more is just the latest in a string of bombings that have hit Turkey in recent months.

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The chaos began Tuesday night as gunfire and explosions could be heard inside the Ataturk Airport, a critical hub to Turkey’s tourism industry.

READ MORE: Turkish government blames Islamic State for Istanbul airport attack that left 41 dead

Video posted to social media showed terrified passengers scrambling for safety following the blast.

“Four people fell in front of me. They were torn into pieces,” airport worker Hacer Peksen told the Associated Press.

WATCH: Video shows blast damage to Istanbul’s airport after two bombs detonated inside

While investigators continued Wednesday to piece together what happened, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said it appeared that the so-called Islamic State group was responsible.

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ISIS and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have been blamed for several bombing attacks over the past year.

Here is a look at some of the recent attacks: 

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June 7: Seven police officers and four civilians were killed when a bomb ripped through a police vehicle in Istanbul. The car bomb was detonated as a police vehicle passed by, according to Istanbul’s governor.

WATCH: Police targeted in deadly Istanbul bomb attack

May 1: A car bomb struck the entrance of a Turkish police station in the southern city of Gaziantep, killing two police officers and wounding 22 other people.

March 19: Three Israelis and an Iranian are killed and dozens injured in a suicide bombing blamed on Islamic State militants targeting an Istanbul shopping centre.

READ MORE: ISIS kills dozens of its own fighters, some by dropping them into acid, in hunt for spies

March 13: A suicide car bomb went off near bus stops in Ankara, killing at least 34 people and wounding more than 120 others. A Turkish official said the attack came as Turkey prepared to launch military operations against Kurdish militants in two towns.

WATCH: Car bomb explodes in Turkey’s capital

Feb. 17: Twenty-seven soldiers and a civilian were killed in the heart of Ankara when a car bomb was detonated as military buses passed by.

WATCH: Aftermath of fatal explosion in Turkey

Jan. 12: An attack that Turkish authorities blamed on ISIS killed a dozen German tourists visiting Istanbul’s historic sites.

Oct 10, 2015: The deadliest attack in modern Turkish history saw 103 people killed and more than 300 injured when two suicide bombers detonated explosive vests outside a train station during a rally in Ankara organized by Turkey’s public sector workers’ union and other civic society groups.

WATCH: Moment of blast at Turkey protest caught on camera

*With files from the Associated Press

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