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Raids targeted IS cells planning attacks during Christmas and New Year, detaining 357 suspects including financiers, recruiters, and logistics operatives, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.
- Turkish police carried out large-scale operations against the Islamic State group across Turkey on Tuesday, detaining 357 suspects, according to the interior minister.
- In Istanbul, 110 suspects were detained in raids on 114 addresses, with some linked to militants who clashed with police and others suspected of planning attacks around New Year's Day.
- Several detainees in Istanbul are suspected of collecting money under the guise of charity and funneling it to IS-linked networks in Syria, the prosecutors office said.
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This Wednesday, the Turkish Interior Minister reported that the Turkish police arrested 357 persons associated with the Islamic State in 21 provinces. On the second day, three police were killed.
Turkey detains 357 Islamic State suspects nationwide after deadly clash
Turkish police detained 357 suspects in a nationwide operation against Islamic State on Tuesday, the interior minister said, a day after three police officers and six militants were killed in a gunfight in northwest Turkey.
In recent weeks, Turkey has increased its netting against Daesh, which was planning attacks during the end of the year. The police have arrested 357 people in one attack.
Turkish authorities confirmed that more than 350 members of the Islamic State were arrested in several operations carried out after the deaths of three police officers during an operation against jihadists in the northwest of the country.
According to the Minister of the Interior, Yerlikaya, 357 suspects have been arrested in Turkey, who are supposed to be in contact with the terrorist organization "Islamic State".
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