Explosion rocks southern Turkish resort town

An explosion in the Turkish tourist resort of Antalya on Tuesday has injured around a dozen people, the city's mayor said.

According to Mayor Menderes Turel, the blast was caused by a car parked outside Antalya's Trade and Industry Chamber.

Turel said that the explosion may not have been a terror attack, although the cause remains unknown.

Other reports, including one from Turkey's NTV news channel, said that the blast may have been caused by a bomb.

Davut Cetin, head of Antalya's Chamber of Trade and Industry, told CNN that there were no fatalities. 

The blast occurred as workers were arriving at the Trade and Industry Chamber, hours before the city's mayor was scheduled to attend a meeting there.

The building's perimiter was sealed by police as a precaution against further incidents.

At present, Turkey faces security threats from Islamic State group militants and Kurdish seperatist fighters, both of whom have launched attacks inside Turkey in recent years.