Turkish police detain 47 IS suspects
STORY: Turkish police detain 47 IS suspects
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 21, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:03
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
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1. various of the Turkish police detaining at least 47 suspected members of the IS across five provinces of Türkiye (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry)
STORYLINE:
Turkish police detained at least 47 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) across five provinces, the country's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Wednesday.
The suspects were detained in the country's largest city Istanbul, the capital Ankara, along with the provinces of Kirikkale, Adana, and Bursa, Yerlikaya said on social media platform X, without specifying the time of the operations.
A total of 1,162 operations have been carried out against the IS since June 1 last year, during which a total of 2,402 suspects were caught, he added.
The Turkish government designated the IS as a terrorist organization in 2013 and blamed it for a spate of deadly attacks in the co
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