Turkish police detain 189 IS suspects across country
STORY: Turkish police detain 189 IS suspects across country
SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 30, 2023
DATELINE: Dec. 31, 2023
LENGTH: 0:01:08
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: MILITARY
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1. various of Turkish security forces detaining 189 suspected members of the Islamic State in some operations across 37 provinces in the country (date: 30.12.2023) (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry)
STORYLINE:
Turkish security forces detained 189 suspected members of the Islamic State in an operation codenamed "Heroes-38" across 37 provinces in the country, a cabinet minister said on Saturday.
The operation was carried out "simultaneously" in all the provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Most of the suspects were detained in the capital Ankara. At the same time, 22 people were caught in the country's most populated city Istanbul.
The Turkish government designated the Islamic State a terrorist organization in 2013, blaming it for a spate of deadly attacks in the country since
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