Turkish police this week arrested 119 people suspected of being part of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist militia. The suspects were arrested in 23 of Turkey’s 81 provinces, it is said.
Arrests have been made in the densely populated regions of Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on the online service X (formerly Twitter) on Friday. He had already reported 65 arrests in connection with IS last week.
“I want our nation to know this: with your prayers and support, we will fight continuously until the last terrorist is neutralized!” Yerlikaya wrote on X (see post below).
More than 3,600 arrests since June 2023
According to authorities, more than 3,600 suspects have been arrested in Turkey since June 2023. Some of these suspected IS members have settled in Turkey after the collapse of the jihadist group’s self-proclaimed “caliphate” in 2019.
In late January, IS claimed responsibility for an attack on a Catholic church in Istanbul, killing one person. In 2017, 39 people were killed in an IS attack on a nightclub in Istanbul.
In late April, Turkish authorities in Istanbul arrested a man suspected of planning a bomb attack. Turkey has been intensifying its actions against the terrorist militia for some time now.
Source: Krone
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