"Almost certain" PKK behind Ankara bomb attack: Turkish PM

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday that findings point to the banned Kurdish Workers' Party's (PKK) involvement in the Ankara bomb attack "almost certainly."

So far 35 bodies have been identified, the prime minister told reporters on Monday, a day after a bomb-laden car killed at least 37 people in central Ankara.

While the identities of the perpetrators remain unclear, Turkey's interior minister said earlier that "at least one" of the 37 bodies belonged to the attacker(s).

DNA investigations are ongoing after the blast, said Davutoglu, adding that 11 suspects have been detained over their suspected involvement in the attack.

Sunday's blast took place in Kizilay district in the heart of Ankara near a bus stop where many people were waiting, leaving at least 37 dead and several others wounded.

"Turkey has become a target of terror attacks due to the instability in the region," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said late on Sunday.

He vowed to continue fighting against terrorism.

It was the third major blast hitting the Turkish capital since last October.

On Oct. 10, 2015, suspected Islamic State (IS) militants bombed a peace rally near Ankara railway station, killing 103 people.

On Feb. 17, a suicide car bomb targeted military shuttles in the capital city, killing 29 and injuring 81 others, in an attack claimed by the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks, a Kurdish militant group linked to the PKK.

Since a cease-fire between the government and the PKK collapsed last July, Turkish security forces have been conducting a major campaign against the group in the southeast of the country.

More than 260 members of Turkish security forces and thousands of PKK members have been killed inside Turkey and in northern Iraq. Endit