Turkey boosts measures to stop ISIL militants

Turkey has ramped up its domestic security efforts against suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants with detentions and deportations at the country's largest airport, after recent deadly suicide bombings and uncovered planned attacks. 

Turkish police detained 20 suspects in an operation against ISIL in the southern province of Antalya on Nov. 6, a week before the start of a G-20 summit there that is scheduled to bring together world leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. 

The summit in Antalya will be held on Nov. 15-16, with the war in Syria certain to be high on the agenda. 

Counterterrorism police launched simultaneous operations in central Antalya, as well as the city's Alanya and Manavgat districts, early on Nov 6. 

Two of the detained suspects were Russian, Anadolu Agency reported, while digital materials were seized. Reports indicated that two of the detained suspects are women. 

The militants had reportedly been in touch with ISIL militants in neighboring Iraq and Syria. 

The Russian suspects arrived in Antalya from Istanbul and were planning to cross the border into Syria. They also had links to two married Russian suspects, identified only by the initials M.B. and E.A.R., who were detained in an anti-ISIL operation in Antalya on Oct. 29. 

The detentions come at a time when the Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Brett McGurk is in Ankara to consult with senior Turkish officials on the fight against ISIL, as a follow up to the international meetings in Vienna on Oct 30-31.  

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