Turkey detains 34 with suspected ISIS ties, minister says

Turkish authorities on Saturday detained 34 people suspected of ties to ISIS in a wide-ranging operation against the militant group, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media platform X.

All suspects captured in “Operation-Cage 35” are foreign nationals wanted under an Interpol red notice which requests their arrest, Yerlikaya said, adding that police also seized several unlicensed pistols.

Turkish authorities have ramped up operations against ISIS after two ISIS gunmen killed a person in an Istanbul church last week during Sunday service.

Police have arrested 25 suspects, including two gunmen, in connection with the shooting, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said on Friday.