Who was behind the suicide bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, and what did it mean?

Without missing a beat, Turkey’ newspaper columnists and TV commentators began their diagnosis and analysis. Of course, alongside them was an avalanche of "terror experts," as TV anchors like to label them, who appeared from nowhere, sharing expertise of unknown origins.

Life became easier for columnists and "terror experts" as soon as the suicide bomber was identified and in less than 24 hours, the organization known as the Revolutionary Peoples’ Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) claimed responsibility for the action "against American imperialism occupying our land.” Once the identity of the bomber and the organization he belonged to were known, the terror operation was easily explained. Yes, they did mention the neurological ailment the bomber was suffering from, but there was not much mention of why he suffered from it.

The bomber of the US Embassy was one of 816 prisoners who went on hunger strike on Oct. 20, 2010 demanding closure of the extremely harsh prisons known as F-Type and annulment of the Anti-Terror Law. That hunger strike became a death fast.