By bne IntelIiNews At least six people were killed and 81 were wounded after a late afternoon explosion rocked Istanbul’s popular pedestrian thoroughfare Istiklal Avenue on Sunday November 13. Speaking at a news conference in Istanbul not long after the blast, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned what he described as a ‘vile attack’ and said ‘the smell of terror’ was in the air. In early October, anticipating violence ahead of Turkey’s parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for next June, bne IntelliNews reported on a suicide attack claimed by the People’s Defence Force…