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Attacker. cnn's ian lee is live in istanbul. ian, we now have a claim of responsibility. >> reporter: that is right. we thought it was isis before they claimed responsibility mainly because it bears the hallmarks of the isis attack. on twitter, isis saying they were the ones behind it. one of their soldiers carried it out targeting the nightclub. targeting a christian celebration of new years. it is important to note many of the victims of the attack were muslims celebrating the new year. isis saying this is retribution for turkey involvement in syria. they are battling in the city of al baab....

Talking about this in 2014 or 2015 we would have been talking about the way turkey was being used as a rear base by isis, people from europe going to join isis, went through turkey all the time, almost free passage through turkey to syria, to join the ranks of the islamic state. that started to end about a yearniyear ago and in the last few months finally the turks moved their military force against isis in its strongholds particularly around the now besieged city of al baab in northern syria. isis sees this as a betrayal. they see this as erdogan going back on whatever agreements they had wit...

>> reporter: we just got this n few minutes ago. isis tweeting this out. it says that the attack was carried out by one of the soldiers against a popular nightclub while christians celebrating the holiday. it is important to note that many people killed and injured in the nightclub were muslims celebrating the new year. they also said that the government of turkey should know that the blood of muslims who get killed by the planes will be set afire in their own country. recently, turkey has been on the offensive against isis in the city of al baab. we cannot independently verify this claim. nor...