Govt says over 800 detained in anti-ISIL operations

Turkish police have detained hundreds of suspected ISIL members in nationwide raids, according to state media, in the largest operations in the country to target the armed group. About 820 suspects, most of them foreign nationals, were arrested in at least 29 provinces, including capital Ankara and southeastern provinces, state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Operations […]

Turkish police have detained hundreds of suspected ISIL members in nationwide raids, according to state media, in the largest operations in the country to target the armed group.
About 820 suspects, most of them foreign nationals, were arrested in at least 29 provinces, including capital Ankara and southeastern provinces, state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Operations took place on Sunday and Monday. “This is the largest coordinated and simultaneous raids that Turkey has taken out on what it says are ‘suspected members of ISIL’ across the country,” Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker, reporting from Gaziantep, said.