26 Daesh/ISIS terror suspects nabbed across Turkiye

By Sefa Sahin

ANKARA (AA) - Turkish security forces caught 26 Daesh/ISIS terror suspects amid operations to uncover the terrorist group's financing network, the country's Interior Ministry said Monday.

In a written statement, the ministry said that intelligence forces under the Gendarmerie General Command and counterterrorism units, in coordination with Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in the northwestern Balikesir province, carried out simultaneous operations in 12 provinces early in the morning.

A total of 26 suspects were apprehended during the operations, with security forces searching for one remaining suspect, it added.

Prohibited publications and digital materials were also seized in the operations.

Turkiye was one of the first countries to declare Daesh/ISIS a terror group.

The country has since been attacked by the terror organization multiple times. It has carried out at least 10 suicide bombings, seven bomb attacks, and four armed attacks, killing 315 people and injuring hundreds more.

In response, Turkiye launched anti-terror operations at home and abroad to prevent further attacks.