STORY: Turkish police nab 36 IS suspects across country
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 18, 2024
DATELINE: Jan. 19, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:52
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the operations of Turkish police to detain 36 suspects affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) across 11 provinces in the country (courtesy of the Turkish Interior Ministry)

STORYLINE:

Turkish police detained 36 suspects affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) over the past three days, a cabinet minister said on Thursday.
   
The suspects were captured as part of "Operation Heroes-45" across 11 provinces in the country, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
   
Yerlikaya said that Türkiye will not allow any terrorist to disrupt the peace, unity and solidarity of the country.
   
In the operation, the police also seized a significant amount of foreign currencies, as well as digital materials and documents, he said.
   
Video footage posted on the Turkish minister's X account showed police entering apartments and buildings and dragging suspects into cars.
   
The Turkish government designated the IS as a terrorist organization in 2013, blaming it for a spate of deadly attacks in the country since 2015.
   
In December, Turkish intelligence and security forces captured a top IS terrorist in charge of the group's finances in an operation in Türkiye's southeastern province of Mersin.
   
Türkiye's southern border with Syria has been a significant crossing point for Syrians and foreign fighters since the war broke out in Syria in 2011.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara.
(XHTV)