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In operations across 12 provinces, Turkish authorities have detained 41 individuals suspected of having ties to the Islamic State, Reuters reported yesterday citing the Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a post on social media platform X, Yerlikaya said police had seized suspects who were found to have been active within the terrorist militant group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police also seized several unlicensed pistols, lots of digital materials and large amounts of cash in both foreign currencies and Turkish lira as part of the operations, the minister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turkey has been rounding up IS-linked suspects in ramped-up operations since the terrorist group attacked an Italian church in Istanbul in late January, killing one man during Sunday Mass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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