UPDATE - Over 350 ISIS terror suspects arrested across Türkiye: Interior minister

UPDATES WITH MORE ARRESTS, STATEMENT FROM INTERIOR MINISTER'S STATEMENT, REVISES HEADLINE, LEDE

By Anadolu Staff

ANKARA / ISTANBUL (AA) - A total of 357 suspects were arrested across Türkiye as part of an operation against the ISIS (Daesh) terror group, the country’s interior minister said Tuesday.

In a post shared on Turkish social media platform NSosyal, Ali Yerlikaya said that simultaneous counterterrorism operations across 21 provinces resulted in the detention of the suspects.

He stated that the operations were conducted by provincial police units in coordination with the chief public prosecutors’ offices, as well as the police counterterrorism and intelligence departments, emphasizing that Türkiye would show no tolerance toward terrorism.

Earlier, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said that 110 suspects were arrested in the metropolis. It said that 41 of them were linked to the terrorists involved in Monday's terror incident in Yalova province and were planning similar attacks in Istanbul during New Year’s celebrations.

A statement from the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office also said that it issued arrest warrants for 17 ISIS terror suspects, including 11 foreign nationals.

The suspects, including 11 foreign nationals, are accused of being members of the terrorist group and maintaining contact with conflict zones, the statement said.

It said the Terror Crimes Investigation Bureau identified the suspects through analyses of digital materials seized during previous Daesh-related investigations.