51 ISIS suspects captured

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, in a statement on his social media account, stated that 51 suspects who were members of the ISIS terrorist organization, provided finance to so-called aid organizations affiliated with the organization, and made terrorist propaganda through their social media accounts were captured by the gendarmerie.

Minister Yerlikaya informed that a large number of organizational documents and digital materials were seized in operations carried out by the gendarmerie in the last two weeks in Adana, Adıyaman, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Balıkesir, Çanakkale, Çankırı, Çorum, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Hakkari, Hatay, Iğdır, Isparta, İstanbul, İzmir, Kırıkkale, Kırşehir, Kilis, Kocaeli, Konya, Mersin, Muğla, Nevşehir, Niğde, Osmaniye, Şanlıurfa, Tekirdağ, Tokat , and Zonguldak:

I congratulate our governors, chief public prosecutors, the Gendarmerie TEM Department, our provincial gendarmerie commanders, and our gendarmerie. Our fight against terrorism is not limited to the field operations of our law enforcement forces, but is based on a multidimensional state reflex encompassing security, intelligence, communications, and international cooperation. We continue our operations, which we conduct day and night, 365 days a year, to ensure peace and stability in every region of our country.