Turkey arrests 29 people with suspected ISIS ties planning attacks, says minister

Turkish authorities have detained 29 people suspected of having ties to militant group ISIS in operations across nine provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday.

Suspects captured in “Operation Heroes-37” on Friday were planning to attack churches and synagogues in Istanbul, Yerlikaya said on social media platform X.

Citing security sources, Türkiye’s state-run Anadolu news agency said three other suspects linked to the 29 detainees had been captured in the operations as well. It said the three were senior members of ISIS, and added that one was planning an attack on the Iraqi Embassy in Ankara.