124 detained in Turkey on suspicious of IS
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Police in Turkey have detained at least 124 people suspected of links to the so-called Islamic State in raids across the country on Monday, state news agency Anadolu reported.
At least 33 foreign nationals were detained in the capital Ankara in a joint operation by anti-terrorism police and the national intelligence agency, according to the Anadolu Agency.
In Istanbul, police raided 31 houses, detaining 24 suspects, including four foreign nationals. Police conducted simultaneous, pre-dawn raids in the city of Batman, in south-east Turkey, where 22 suspects were detained.
Raids were also conducted in the cities of Adana, Kayseri, Samsun and Bursa where 45 people, including six foreign nationals, were detained. Police were searching for some 17 other suspects, the report added.
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