Almost 500 ISIL suspects detained across Turkey

Anti-terrorism police have detained almost 500 Islamic State Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suspects during raids at different addresses across Turkey early on Feb. 5 as part of an operation against the jihadist group, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

Police detained at least 60 ISIL suspects, mostly foreigners, in the Sincan, Çubuk, Yenimahalle and Mamak districts of Ankara. Meanwhile, 18 ISIL suspects were detained by police in the Marmara provinces of Kocaeli and Istanbul. 

The suspects, which reportedly included key figures of the organization, were taken into custody during simultaneous operations in the Esenler, Şişli, Bağcılar, Bahçelievler, Maltepe, Beyoğlu and Ümraniye districts of Istanbul. 

A number of documents related to ISIL were seized at the addresses and vehicles of the detained suspects. At least 14 foreigners, 10 of whom were minors, were sent to the provincial police headquarters for deportation proceedings.

Another ISIL 150 suspects of Syrian origin were also detained in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa. During the raids, police also seized a number of documents that were allegedly related to the militant group.
Some 46 ISIL suspects were also detained in the Marmara province of Bursa. 

The suspects, most of whom are of foreign origin, were detained in the northwestern province's Nilüfer, Osmangazi, Yıldırım, Gürsu and Orhaneli districts.

At least 75 ISIL suspects were subjected to a detention warrant in the Central Anatolian province of Konya as part of an investigation that was conducted by the local chief prosecutor's office. In the first stage of the operation, police succeeded in detaining 30 alleged members of the group.

Some 25 ISIL suspects were also detained while...