Turkish counter-terror police arrest 110 people on suspicion of activities in support of the Islamic State group in an operation largely targeting Istanbul, the Anadolu state news agency says.
The suspects are accused of organizing classes in illegal associations, educating young children with ISIS ideology, collecting money for the group and seeking to recruit new ISIS members, in an operation coordinated by the Istanbul chief prosecutor’s office.
The arrests came during simultaneous raids across three provinces, centered in Istanbul, with police seizing four rifles and 90 cartridges along with documents and digital materials. Last week, police arrested another 324 people in raids targeting IS suspects across 47 provinces, the interior ministry said.
On April 7, a gunman was killed and two others were wounded in a shootout outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul. Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said one of them was linked to an “organization that exploits religion,” which Turkish media reported was ISIS.
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