Turkish authorities said Friday they’ve apprehended a suspected ISIS member who was planning attacks on celebrations ushering in the new year. It comes a day after the prosecutor’s office said authorities carried out raids and then detained over 100 people linked to the militant group.
A day earlier, prosecutor’s office said dozens of suspects also detained
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Turkish police officers cross a street in Istanbul on Nov. 29. This week, raids were conducted on dozens of places in the capital, and over 100 suspected members of ISIS were captured. (Dilara Acisgov/The Associated Press)
Turkish authorities said Friday they have apprehended a suspected member of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) who was planning attacks on celebrations ushering in the new year.
State-run Anadolu Agency reported Ibrahim Burtakucin was captured in a joint operation carried out by police and the National Intelligence Agency in the southeastern city of Malatya.
Security officials told Anadolu that Burtakucin was in contact with many ISIS sympathizers in Turkey and abroad, and was looking for an opportunity to join the ongoing fighting in conflict zones.
Authorities also seized digital materials and banned publications belonging to ISIS during the raid of his home.
The arrest was reported a day after Istanbul’s prosecutor’s office said Turkish authorities carried out simultaneous raids in which they detained over 100 suspected members of the militant group who were allegedly planning attacks at holiday celebrations.
Istanbul police obtained information that ISIS members had planned attacks against non-Muslims in particular, the office said on X.
In raids on 124 places in Turkey’s capital, 115 of the 137 suspects being sought were captured, and several pistols and pieces of ammunition were seized, it added.