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30.12.2025.

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Police on alert: Raids across the country; More than 350 people arrested PHOTO

Turkish police conducted widespread raids against the Islamic State group across the country today, arresting 357 suspects, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced.

Izvor: Tanjug

Police on alert: Raids across the country; More than 350 people arrested PHOTO
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The operations came a day after a deadly clash in Yalova province, where three police officers and six ISIS militants were killed, while eight police officers and one night guard were injured during a raid on a house used as a hideout, AP reported.

Police carried out raids in 21 provinces, including Istanbul, Ankara, and Yalova. Some suspects are believed to be linked to the attack on police in Yalova, while others are suspected of planning attacks during Christmas and New Year celebrations.

Several of those detained are suspected of collecting money under the guise of charitable organizations and diverting it to ISIS-linked networks in Syria.

In Ankara, police arrested 17 suspects during raids, including 11 foreign nationals, and seized digital material linking them to ISIS fighters in conflict zones.

ISIS has previously carried out a series of attacks in Turkey, including the shooting at a nightclub in Istanbul on January 1, 2017, which killed 39 people.

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