Turkish authorities have detained 147 people suspected of having ties to the Islamic State terror organization in operations across 33 provinces.
The operation was carried out simultaneously across the country © Mena Today
Turkish authorities have detained 147 people suspected of having ties to the Islamic State terror organization in operations across 33 provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Thursday.
The "Operation Heroes-49", was carried out simultaneously across the country, Yerlikaya said on social media platform X.
Last month, one Turkish citizen was killed by two Islamic State gunmen at the Italian Santa Maria Catholic Church in Istanbul.
Turkish police captured the suspected perpetrators of the attack.
Turkey's opposition vowed on Friday to resist an unprecedented court ruling that ousted its leader, inflamed a political crisis and sent investors running from Turkish assets over concerns of increasing instability.
Turkey has revoked the operational licence for Istanbul Bilgi University, effectively forcing it to close, according to a decision published in the Official Gazette on Friday, after the university was seized by the state in a criminal investigation last year.
A Turkish court effectively ousted the main opposition leader Ozgur Ozel on Thursday in a ruling that annuls the party's 2023 congress at which he was elected chairman, marking a big blow to President Tayyip Erdogan's challengers and hitting financial markets.
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