News - Over 100 suspected Islamic State members arrested this week, Turkey says

Turkey arrested over 100 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group this week, authorities said Friday, the latest mass detention targeting the terror organization, AFP reports. The fresh raids took place across the country, including in the capital Ankara and Turkey's largest city Istanbul, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. The arrest of 119 people this week follows other mass detentions, including 99 announced in early August. Since the 2019 collapse of the self-proclaimed "caliphate," some suspected IS members have settled in Turkey. Turkish authorities said that since June 2023 more than 3,600 people with suspected ties to the jihadist group have been arrested.