Tne blast reduced several vehicles to burnt wrecks. Ambulances rushed to the scene on Kizilay square, a key commercial and transport hub close to where the embassies are located in the city.
An official statement said,
"The blast was caused by a vehicle parked with explosives close to Kizilay square".
Medical officials told AFP that the injured were taken to 10 hospitals around the city.
Turkey has been hit with a lot of deadly attacks recently coming from both the Islamic State and Kurdish rebels including a double suicide bombing in Ankara in October last year in which 103 people died.
Also in February this year, Turkey witnessed a bombing which the Kurdish Freedom Falcons claimed responsibility for and warned tourists not to visit Turkey.
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