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Turkish police detained 357 people on Tuesday in large-scale, coordinated operations targeting the Islamic State group, according to the country’s interior minister Ali Yerlikaya.
Authorities carried out raids across 21 provinces following a deadly clash between police and ISIS militants in Yalova, a small northwestern city in Turkey, amid heightened security ahead of New Year’s celebrations. Yerlikaya stated that the operations were carried out simultaneously by provincial police units, working with chief public prosecutors’ offices and counterterrorism and intelligence departments. The raids took place in major cities, including Istanbul, Ankara, and Yalova, as well as border and interior provinces.
A statement from the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said some suspects are accused of belonging to ISIS, maintaining contact with conflict zones, or raising money under the guise of charity and sending it to ISIS-linked networks. It further clarified that some suspects were identified through analysis of digital evidence seized during earlier investigations.
Yerlikaya further provided that Turkey has expanded nationwide security measures for the New Year period. He emphasized that all Interior Ministry units are on heightened alert, including police, gendarmerie, coast guard, migration authorities, and emergency response teams. Authorities will use cameras, license plate recognition systems, facial recognition systems, and body-worn officer cameras to support security operations. These measures will be in effect for four days from December 30 to January 2.
Although ISIS no longer controls large areas of territory in Syria and Iraq, both of which border Turkey, officials say the group continues to operate through small, clandestine cells. The militants have carried out several deadly attacks in Turkey in the past, including a New Year’s Day nightclub shooting in Istanbul in 2017 that killed 39 people.
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Authorities carried out raids across 21 provinces following a deadly clash between police and ISIS militants in Yalova, a small northwestern city in Turkey, amid heightened security ahead of New Year’s celebrations. Yerlikaya stated that the operations were carried out simultaneously by provincial police units, working with chief public prosecutors’ offices and counterterrorism and intelligence departments. The raids took place in major cities, including Istanbul, Ankara, and Yalova, as well as border and interior provinces.
A statement from the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said some suspects are accused of belonging to ISIS, maintaining contact with conflict zones, or raising money under the guise of charity and sending it to ISIS-linked networks. It further clarified that some suspects were identified through analysis of digital evidence seized during earlier investigations.
Yerlikaya further provided that Turkey has expanded nationwide security measures for the New Year period. He emphasized that all Interior Ministry units are on heightened alert, including police, gendarmerie, coast guard, migration authorities, and emergency response teams. Authorities will use cameras, license plate recognition systems, facial recognition systems, and body-worn officer cameras to support security operations. These measures will be in effect for four days from December 30 to January 2.
Although ISIS no longer controls large areas of territory in Syria and Iraq, both of which border Turkey, officials say the group continues to operate through small, clandestine cells. The militants have carried out several deadly attacks in Turkey in the past, including a New Year’s Day nightclub shooting in Istanbul in 2017 that killed 39 people.
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