Security forces nab Daesh/ISIS terror suspect in Turkey

By Mustafa Unal Uysal

MERSIN, Turkey (AA) - Gendarmerie teams arrested a suspect in southern Turkey over alleged links to the terror group Daesh/ISIS, local authorities said on Wednesday.

The suspect, who was the so-called emir of the terror group in Syria and entered Turkey illegally, was arrested in an anti-terror operation in the Mersin province, local gendarmerie command said in a statement.

The suspect was plotting terrorist attacks against public institutions and organizations in the province, it added.

Security forces also seized digital materials in the operation.

In 2013, Turkey became one of the first countries to declare Daesh/ISIS a terrorist group.

The country has since been attacked by Daesh/ISIS terrorists multiple times, with at least 10 suicide bombings, seven bomb attacks, and four armed attacks that killed 315 people and injured hundreds more.

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