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Ten Britons have been hurt, one of them seriously, in a bomb blast on a bus at a popular Turkish holiday resort.
Three explosions were reported to have gone off in the tourist town of Marmaris late on Sunday, but only one apparently detonated properly, on a minibus carrying holidaymakers in the centre of the town.
A total of 27 people - most of them Turks - were hurt in the explosion on the shuttle bus, known as a dolmus, which ferries tourists around the area.
There were no immediate claims of responsibility but the outlawed separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is suspected of carrying out the attacks.
One of the injured Britons was described as serious but none of the 10 suffered life-threatening injuries, according to a hospital spokeswoman in Marmaris.
Six Britons were taken to Ahu Hetman hospital in Marmaris while four others were admitted to the Caria hospital.
"There are no life threatening injuries, but necessary medical treatment is being given," said Ahu Hetman spokeswoman Julie Midgley.
The device went off when the bus was in the town's main street, outside a McDonald's restaurant, at about 23:55 local time.
The Foreign Office later released a telephone number - 020 700 80000 - for people worried about relatives in Marmaris, a popular destination in south-west Turkey for package holidaymakers.
Three explosions were reported to have gone off in the tourist town of Marmaris late on Sunday, but only one apparently detonated properly, on a minibus carrying holidaymakers in the centre of the town.
A total of 27 people - most of them Turks - were hurt in the explosion on the shuttle bus, known as a dolmus, which ferries tourists around the area.
There were no immediate claims of responsibility but the outlawed separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is suspected of carrying out the attacks.
One of the injured Britons was described as serious but none of the 10 suffered life-threatening injuries, according to a hospital spokeswoman in Marmaris.
Six Britons were taken to Ahu Hetman hospital in Marmaris while four others were admitted to the Caria hospital.
"There are no life threatening injuries, but necessary medical treatment is being given," said Ahu Hetman spokeswoman Julie Midgley.
The device went off when the bus was in the town's main street, outside a McDonald's restaurant, at about 23:55 local time.
The Foreign Office later released a telephone number - 020 700 80000 - for people worried about relatives in Marmaris, a popular destination in south-west Turkey for package holidaymakers.
