Nine people were charged by a state security court over the massive bomb attacks on British targets in Istanbul, as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that terror would not be allowed to take hold on Turkish soil.(AFP)
Tourists wander around the Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia, a landmark of Istanbul, Friday Nov. 21, 2003
Vintage trams pass by as people wander the Istiklal main pedestrian street, the social hub of downtown Istanbul's Beyoglu district and also the scene of two of the four suicide bomb attacks that shook Turkey's largest city over the past week, Monday, Nov. 24, 2003. The oriental splendor of Turkey draws millions of curious visitors here every year. Whether that will change following a wave of deadly suicide bombings is one of the key questions hanging over this nation as it recovers from the carnage. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Tourists wander around the 6th-century Basilica Cistern, a main tourist attraction in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Nov. 24, 2003
German foreign minister Joschka Fischer (L) and his counterpart Abdullah Gul (R) speak to media after their conversation in the Turkish capital Ankara. Fischer met with his Turkish counterpart Gul, to discuss twin bomb attacks in Istanbul last week.(AFP)
Two of fifteen suspects connected to the four suicide bombings in Istanbul last week are brought to the state security court by plain clothes policemen, in Istanbul November 24, 2003. Turkish police investigating four devastating truck bomb attacks in Istanbul transferred 15 suspects to a state security court on Monday as Turkey's allies reaffirmed their solidarity in the fight against terrorism. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas
Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I , bottom right, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians leads a mass at the patriarchal cathedral of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey Sunday Nov. 23, 2003. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
