Istanbul  - The perpetrators of last weekend's deadly bomb attack in Istanbul and their accomplices have been arrested, Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Saturday.

The terrorist attack of July 27 has been "cleared up," Atalay told reporters, adding a majority of the perpetrators had been caught.

Seventeen people were killed and more than 150 injured in the double explosion in the district of Gungoren in the European part of the city.

Atalay was referring to 10 suspects who were arrested in Istanbul mid-week. They are due to be brought before a custodial judge on Sunday.

The minister hinted, the attackers were Kurdish extremists, but would not say so outright.

The Gungoren attack was the worst in Istanbul in five years. (dpa)