Turkish police detain 147 IS suspects across country
STORY: Turkish police detain 147 IS suspects across country
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 8, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:02
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of Turkish police detaining 147 suspects affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) across 33 provinces of Türkiye (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry)
2. various of 16 IS suspects being detained in southern Mersin province of Türkiye (courtesy of ihlas news agency)
STORYLINE:
Turkish police detained 147 suspects affiliated with the Islamic State (IS), a cabinet minister said on Thursday.
The suspects were captured as part of "Operation Heroes-49" across 33 provinces in the country, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
A video posted on Yerlikaya's X account showed police entering apartments and buildings and dragging suspects into cars.
In a separate operation carried out by the police teams in southern Mersin province, along with national intelligence forces on Thursday, 16 IS
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