18.07.2025 08:32
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that 153 members of the ISIS terrorist organization have been captured in operations conducted over the last two weeks in 28 provinces.
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Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced in a written statement on his official social media account that operations against the ISIS terrorist organization were carried out in 28 provinces. In operations conducted by the Gendarmerie over the last two weeks, 153 members of the terrorist organization were captured.
"IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THEY PROVIDED FINANCING TO ORGANIZATIONS LINKED TO THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION"
Sharing the details of the operation, Minister Yerlikaya stated:
"In the operations carried out in Adana, Antalya, Aydın, Bursa, Çankırı, Çorum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Istanbul, Izmir, Kahramanmaraş, Kastamonu, Kırşehir, Kocaeli, Kütahya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Nevşehir, Osmaniye, Sakarya, Samsun, Şanlıurfa, Tekirdağ, Yalova, and Zonguldak, it has been determined that the suspects captured are members of the terrorist organization, have provided financing to so-called charitable organizations linked to the terrorist organization, and have made propaganda for the terrorist organization through their social media accounts."
"OUR FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM RELIES ON A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL STATE REFLEX"
Thanking those involved in the operation, Yerlikaya said, "I congratulate our governors, our Chief Public Prosecutor's Offices coordinating the operations, our JGK TEM Department, and our Provincial Gendarmerie Commanders and our Hero Gendarmerie who carried out the operations. Our fight against terrorism is not limited to the operations of our law enforcement forces in the field; it relies on a multi-dimensional state reflex that encompasses security, intelligence, communication, and international cooperation."
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