Persecution of Christians

An Ankara court has arrested the wife of an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suicide bomber in the hearing of the case into the jihadist organization's twin bomb attack in the Turkish capital on Oct. 10, 2015, which killed over 100 people and wounded many others. 

The wife of an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant who attacked a famous Istanbul nightclub at the heart of the city has said the jihadist group took her 4-year-old son to Iran. 

A total of eleven people have been arrested over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack on a famous nightclub at the heart of Istanbul. Reina attacker Abdulkadir Masharipov's wife Zarina Nurullayeva was among those arrested over the attack, which claimed the lives of 39 people, while wounding 65 others.

Ten people have been arrested in connection to an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack on a famous Istanbul nightclub in the early hours of the new year.

Ilyas Mamasharipov, who allegedly ordered the attack on Reina on Jan. 1, which claimed the lives of 39 people, while wounding 65 others, was among those arrested.

It has recently been revealed that the terrorist who featured in a propaganda video for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Hasan Aydın, who was seen with two kidnapped Turkish citizens, of which one was a soldier, was caught on April 2, 2012 and was released after eight months in prison.  

Three Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) bomb-makers have been caught in a police operation in the Black Sea province of Samsun. 

An operation was conducted in Samsun after police in the northwestern province of Sakarya obtained information on ISIL during an investigation carried out by the Sakarya Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. 

The total economic impact of violence on the world economy in 2015 was estimated to be $13.6 trillion, according to a recent report endorsed by the World Economic Forum (WEF), which particularly highlighted attacks in Turkey, France and Belgium.

Police have arrested 11 suspected Islamic State Iraq and Levant (ISIL) members in connection with a deadly attack on an Istanbul nightclub in the early hours of the new year, a police official said Jan. 26.

A Turkish court has arrested an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) "judge" and a telephone including key information about the militant's activities was found in his anus following a strip search, according to authorities.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Jan. 24 called for boosting security cooperation with the Gulf states as the Western military alliance opened its first office in the region.