At least four people, including two suspected attackers, are said to have been killed. Others have been wounded.
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Officials say an explosion near a courthouse in Turkey’s Aegean coastal city of Izmir was caused by a car bomb.
The secretary general of the city municipality has given the information to the media.
At least four people are thought to have been killed.
The state-run Anadolu news agency says police shot dead two attackers after the blast.
They are actively looking for a third.
Hospital sources in Izmir have told reporters ten people have been brought in wounded following the explosion.
Atentado con coche bomba en Turquía https://t.co/LIslfXcLw6 pic.twitter.com/Ks8wNgaeTk
— Luis Carballo (@LCEuronews) January 5, 2017
Officer and guard killed in car bomb blast in Turkey's Izmir https://t.co/kyAgLJxtAv pic.twitter.com/39vFXOKiYZ
— Luis Carballo (@LCEuronews) January 5, 2017