Police hold almost 300 in Turkish anti-terror raids


Friday, July 24th 2015

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High-profile ISIL suspect detained in Istanbul amid nationwide crackdown.

The number of detainees held across Turkey in a major nationwide anti-terror operation has reached 297, including at least 37 foreigners.
Police sources say that among dozens of detainees held in Istanbul on Friday is an ISIL suspect, Halis Bayancuk, known by the pseudonym ‘Abu Hanzala’, plus his wife.
Bayancuk has been suspected of heading up a ISIL-linked group in the city and was previously detained in 2014 in an operation against al-Qaeda.
Police seized documents and digital material at his home in Istanbul’s Bagcilar district.
Elsewhere in Bagcilar, a woman – reportedly a member of the outlawed far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) – was killed during a shootout with police.
Over 100 people were arrested across 26 districts of Istanbul in an operation involving some 5,000 police. Many of those detained are thought to be linked to groups like ISIL, the PKK and its youth wing, plus the DHKP-C.

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