
CCTV footage has captured the shocking moment an explosion devastated streets outside a football stadium in Istanbul.

A car bomb targeting a police riot van was detonated outside the Vodafone Arena after Besiktas' 2-1 win over rivals Bursaspor, at around 10.30pm yesterday.

Just seconds later a second explosion, thought to be the work of a suicide bomber, went off at nearby Macka Park. The two attacks, left 38 people dead and 166 injured.

CCTV footage has captured the shocking moment a blast rocks streets outside the Vodafone Arena in Istanbul

A short clip of the first blast, posted on Twitter by journalist Mutlu Civiroglu, shows a burst of blinding light flash on camera before vehicles are grounded to a halt in the Turkish city.

The sheer scale of damage done by the bomb follows seconds later, as thick grey clouds of debris cascade over cars and buses.

It is believed that 30 of the 38 people killed were police officers while 19 of those injured are currently fighting for their lives in intensive care.

The attacks are suspected to have been orchestrated by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers party and 13 people were detained over night.

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's office also said that three people have been detained for social media posts.

The prosecutor's office said it was investigating any 'news, comment or shares on press and social media platforms that attempted to praise terrorism or terrorist organizations, serve terrorist organizations' propaganda, legitimize terrorism or target those who combat terrorism.'

Witnesses said gunfire could be heard after the explosions, in what appeared to have been an armed attack on police.

'It was like hell. The flames went all the way up to the sky. I was drinking tea at the cafe next to the mosque,' said Omer Yilmaz, who works as a cleaner at the nearby Dolmabahce mosque.

A burst of blinding light flashes onto the screen during the clip as the bomb grinds traffic to a halt on a busy road

After the flash, a cloud of debris covers vehicles as the full devastation of the car bomb begins to be revealed

Twin blasts rocked Istanbul this evening, with a car bomb detonating at a football stadium as a suicide attacker struck at a nearby park

'People ducked under the tables, women began crying. Football fans drinking tea at the cafe sought shelter, it was horrible,' he added.

In another video, young men are seen playing music together in a park when an explosion illuminates the city's skyline in the distance.

As the group stare in disbelief, the chilling thunder of the blast takes seven seconds to reach them across the Bosphores waterway.

Terrified, the teens are knocked into each other by the impact of the blast as they try to stagger away.

Pictured: As the friends play music together a blast illuminates the sky above the Turkish city

Pictured: The boys stare in disbelief as the blast devastates the city, leaving many dead and even more injured

The footage was captured by Instagram user SiyahSozluk, who posted the clip with the caption: 'Detonation moment. We hope they don't have a big life loss. The past. #istanbul'

Following the attack, armed police sealed off streets around the newly-built Vodafone Arena, as smoke rose from the stadium.

A police water cannon doused the wreckage of a burned out car and there were two separate fires on the road outside the building.

The window glass of nearby buildings was shattered by the blasts and lay scattered the pavement.

Police officers receive treatment from paramedics just outside Besiktas' Vodafone Arena after the first blast yesterday

The car exploded the end of a match between two of Turkey's top teams, Besiktas and Bursaspor

Police officers hug each other after the explosion, left, while police secure the area after the explosion, right

Bursaspor said none of the wounded were fans and issued a statement saying 'we wish a speedy recovery to our wounded citizens.'

The Besiktas 'strongly condemned' the attack and said an employee of one of its stores was among the fatalities, as well as member of its congress, who was also responsible for security at the stadium.

'We have once again witnessed tonight in Istanbul the ugly face of terror which tramples on every value and decency,' Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement.

Turkey's radio and television board issued a temporary coverage ban citing national security concerns in the aftermath of the blasts.

It said 'to avoid broadcasts that can result in public fear, panic or chaos, or that will serve the aims of terrorist organisations.'

Police arrive at the site of the explosion in central Istanbul, with smouldering wreckage left in the middle of a road

The attackers appeared to target police, with 30 of the 38 killed believed to be police officers

'We have once again witnessed tonight in Istanbul the ugly face of terror which tramples on every value and decency,' Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement

Police officers survey the devastation left in the wake of the horrifc attack outside Istanbul'a Vodafone Arena

Police officers stand inside a damaged bus after the explosion that rocked the streets of central Istanbul

Images broadcast on television showed more than a dozen ambulances on a street hugging the stadium and a police helicopter flying overhead with its search lights on.

'I heard two explosions, two sounds and now sirens of ambulances rushing to the scene,' an AFP correspondent in the city said.

'It is thought to be a car bomb at a point where our special forces police were located, right after the match at the exit where Bursaspor fans exited, after the fans had left.' Mr Soylu was quoted as saying by Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency.

Turkey is a partner in the U.S. led coalition against Islamic State and is armed forces are active in neighboring Syria and Iraq. It is also facing a renewed conflict with an outlawed Kurdish movement in the southeast. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is thought to have been orchestrated by the Kurdistan Workers party

Paramedics and emergency services workers help load victims of the horrifying attacks into ambulances

Crime scene investigators work next to a damaged water cannon at the scene of one of the explosions while the bodies of those killed are covered by black sheets

An injured man, who has been stripped of his clothes, is carefully stretchered into an ambulance after the blast

Pictured: The newly-built Vodafone Arena, home to the Besiktas football team, targeted by terrorists in last night's explosion

The nation has experienced a bloody year of militant attacks in its two biggest cities that have left dozens dead and put the country on high alert.

Kurdish militants have twice struck in Ankara, while suspected Islamic State group suicide bombers have hit Istanbul on three occasions.

In June, 47 people were killed in a triple suicide bombing and gun attack at Istanbul's Ataturk airport, with authorities pointing the finger at IS.

Another 57 people, 34 of them children, were killed in August in a suicide attack by an IS-linked bomber at a Kurdish wedding in the southeastern city of Gaziantep.