A group, which calls itself "Martyr Sakine Cansız Revenge Units", claimed responsibility in a statement dated 14 February for an action in which "5 vehicles belonging to the AKP-MHP fascist dictator supporters" were set on fire in the Dere neighborhood of Eyüp.

The group added that they carried out this action to protest the 15 February international conspiracy against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.