A homemade bomb left on a bicycle exploded at a market in the Turkish port city of Izmir on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 14 others, the state-run Anatolia news agency said.The blast occurred one day before a planned march in Izmir that was expected to draw hundreds of thousands of secular Turks to demonstrate against the Islamic-rooted government's attempts to raise the profile of Islam in the country.
Governor Cahit Kirac appealed for calm. Izmir's mayor, Aziz Kocaoglu, said he did not think there was any connection between the attack and the planned demonstration.
The blast occurred at a market in the Bornova district of Izmir, on the Aegean Sea, in the morning as vendors were setting up their stalls. One person who was seriously injured died at a hospital later, Anatolia said.
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