The blast came six days after a bombing in the nearby town of Çeşme, which had left at least 20 people injured. Two months earlier, on 30 April, a police officer of Kuşadası, chief superintendent Yaşar Aykaç, had lost his life while he was trying to defuse, unprotected, a bomb placed in a plastic bag in the town square. "Turkish resort blast kills five". BBC News. BBC News. 2006-07-16.
The Tara Whelan who died at Kuşadası should not be confused with the British Telecom engineer of the same name, who died in a telegraph pole accident in Bristol in May 2001 and who made the headlines during the ensuing prosecution brought against her employer by the CWU and the verdict pronounced in 2006. "BT Cleared Over Death of Engineer Tara Whelan". CWU - Central Counties & Thames Valley. CWU-CC&TV. 2006-11-13. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
The Tara Whelan who died at Kuşadası should not be confused with the British Telecom engineer of the same name, who died in a telegraph pole accident in Bristol in May 2001 and who made the headlines during the ensuing prosecution brought against her employer by the CWU and the verdict pronounced in 2006. "BT Cleared Over Death of Engineer Tara Whelan". CWU - Central Counties & Thames Valley. CWU-CC&TV. 2006-11-13. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
