Elbeyli

Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar visited the southeastern province of Kilis on the border with Syria on Nov. 23.

After landing at Gaziantep Airport in the early hours of the morning, Akar, accompanied by Land Forces Commander Gen. Salih Zeki Çolak, headed to Kilis by helicopter.

A rocket projectile fired from an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-controlled region in Syria hit the border province of Kilis on Oct. 26, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

An 18-year-old woman Syrian farm laborer was lightly injured while working in field in the Elbeyli district.

The woman was admitted to Elbeyli State Hospital.

The Housing Development Administration of Turkey (TOK?) has been building three new "giant container cities" for Syrians in the southern Turkish provinces of Hatay and Kahramanmara?, hosting up to 40,000 refugees.

The container city being built in Kahramanmara? has already led to angry protests from local Alevis, who fear that the province's sensitive demography will be unsettled.

A 22-year-old Turkish musician is changing the lives of Syrian people living at Turkey's Elbeyli refugee camp in the southern province of Kilis.        

A total of 30 people, including 16 foreigners and nine children, have been detained in the border provinces of Kilis and Gaziantep for suspected links with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Turkish General Staff announced on Feb. 2.

A total of 11 suspects were detained yesterday in Turkey's capital, Ankara, for recruiting militants for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and having connections with the group, the state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Turkey will deport seven Russians suspected of being members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), who were detained on Dec. 1 in Kilis, a southern province bordering Syria.

The seven ISIL-linked Russians, including five children, were detained in Kilis's Elbeyli district early on Dec. 1 as they attempted to cross into Turkey from Syria.

Four members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have been captured in two separate provinces, the Turkish General Staff has said in a written statement.

The general staff said Nov. 25 that two Russian citizens identified to be ISIL members were detained in an operation in the northwestern province of Bursa.

Tons of explosive material has been seized near the Turkish-Syrian border in two days, with 17 suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) detained in the border town of Kilis.

Turkish police have detained over a dozen foreigners near the country's border with Syria on suspicion of attempting to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). 

The Kilis Governor's Office said on Aug. 21 that security forces had intercepted 16 suspects in Elbeyli district. According to the office, 14 of the suspects were foreign nationals.