UPDATES WITH NUMBER OF ARRESTS; STATEMENT FROM INTERIOR MINISTER; REVISES HEADLINE, DECK, LEDE
By Merve Berker and Muhammed Yasin Gungor
ISTANBUL (AA) - Police in Türkiye arrested 56 Daesh/ISIS terror suspects on Tuesday, the country’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.
During simultaneous operations in four provinces, the suspects, who had recruited people for the terror group, received assassination and explosive training and provided financial aid to individuals operating within the group, were arrested, Yerlikaya said on X.
In 2013, Türkiye became one of the first countries to declare Daesh/ISIS a terrorist organization.
The country has since been attacked by the terror group multiple times, with over 300 people killed and hundreds more injured in at least 10 suicide bombings, seven bomb attacks, and four armed attacks.