Nabil Fadli

The number of suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) members detained by security forces in Turkey almost doubled in the second half of 2015, with a total of 1,139 detained over the course of the year, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement. 

A 63-year-old German woman who was injured in a jihadist suicide attack in Istanbul's Sultanahmet neighborhood two weeks ago has succumbed to her injuries while receiving treatment in a Berlin hospital.

A police spokeswoman confirmed the death of Birgit Glorius to the German newspaper Berliner Kurier.

A 63-year-old German woman who was injured in a jihadist suicide attack in Istanbul's Sultanahmet neighborhood two weeks ago has succumbed to her injuries while receiving treatment in a Berlin hospital.

A police spokeswoman confirmed the death of Birgit Glorius to the German newspaper Berliner Kurier.

 The number of suspects detained in connection with last week's deadly blast in Istanbul has increased to 12 after Turkish authorities arrested two more people, state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) reported on Wednesday.

Turkey has detained eight Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants along with a child in a southern Turkish city bordering Syria, one week after a deadly suicide bombing at a tourist spot in Istanbul which was carried out by a Syrian-origin ISIL militant.

An Istanbul court arrested 10 people with suspected links to the suicide bomber who killed 10 German tourists in Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square on Jan. 12 over charges of "being a member of a terrorist organization" and "voluntary manslaughter."

A total of 16 Syrians with suspected links to the suicide bomber who killed 10 German tourists in Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square on Jan. 12 have been questioned by officials and sent to an Istanbul court, where they could be charged with membership of a terrorist organization.

A spokesperson for the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has confirmed that Turkish artillery strikes are firing on an area in Syria known as the hometown of the suicide bomber who killed 10 people in Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet Square on Jan. 12. 

A Turkish tourist guide prevented more casualties in the deadly Jan. 12 terrorist attack in Istanbul's touristic Sultanahmet neighborhood after warning tourists to flee the area at the time of the blast, which killed 10 German tourists and injured 15 others.

German tourism giant TUI said that customers who had booked trips to Istanbul can switch destination without penalties, after a suicide attack in the Turkish city on early Jan. 12 claimed 10 lives, nine of them Germans, as reported by Agence France-Presse. 

The operator said customers can also opt to postpone their trip to Istanbul without penalties for the next six days.