An explosion has been reported outside the headquarters of an aviation company near Ankara, in an incident the authorities have labelled a terror attack.

The country’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya posted on X: “Unfortunately, we have martyrs and injured people.”

Initial images shown by the NTV television channel were of a large cloud of smoke in front of the entrance of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), which is located some 40km outside the capital.

According to local media, gunshots were heard.

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