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Police arrested at least 7 suspects in Istanbul on Tuesday for their alleged links to the Daesh terror group, according to security sources.
The suspects were allegedly trying to recruit new members and spreading terror propaganda, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media.
They were also accused of soliciting money in Sultanbeyli district of the city and providing financial support to the families of jailed Daesh terrorists, the sources added.
More than 300 people have been killed in Daesh-claimed attacks in Turkey, where the terror organization has targeted civilians in suicide bombings, rocket and gun attacks.
Turkish security forces have been involved in a long-running campaign to thwart Daesh threat.
Turkish security forces neutralized Musa Çetiner, who was a senior Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) operative responsible for the Dersim district of Turkey’s Tunceli province, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.Çetiner was on the ministry’s red wanted list, and had a bounty of 4 million Turkish lira on his head. The Interior Ministry has categorized terrorists into different categories – red, blue, green, orange and gray – depending on their threat level for the country.The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the United States. The PKK has been conducting armed violence in the southeastern part of Turkey since 1984. More than 40,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the three-decade long conflict.Turkey neutralizes 4 PKK terroristsPKK terrorist arrested in Bulgaria
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Four PKK terrorists have been neutralized in two separate airstrikes in eastern and southeastern Turkey, Turkish General Staff said Thursday.In a Twitter post, the General Staff said the airstrikes were carried out in Dogubeyazit district in eastern Agri province and in Nusaybin district in southeastern Mardin province.Turkish authorities often use the word “neutralized” in their statements to imply the terrorists in question either surrendered or were killed or captured.In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of some 40,000 people.PKK terrorist arrested in Bulgaria
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The Daesh terrorist group on Monday killed four civilian hostages in Iraq’s eastern Diyala province, according to a local police source.“Militants last night abducted four civilians in Diyala’s city of Khanaqin,” Police Captain Habib al-Shimmar, told Anadolu Agency.Monday morning, he said, security forces had discovered the hostages’ decapitated bodies on the city’s outskirts.Recent months have seen repeated attacks by Daesh terrorists on security personnel stationed in northern and eastern Iraq.Last year, officials in Baghdad declared that Daesh's military presence in the country had been all but destroyed following a three-year conflict with the army.Nevertheless, Iraqi security forces continue to carry out sporadic operations aimed at eliminating the group’s lingering presence in certain parts of the country.Iraqi groups demand prime minister's resignationNine PKK terrorists ‘neutralized’ in N. Iraq, SE TurkeyIraqi officials impose Basra curfew amid violent protests12 killed in Iranian attack in northern IraqIran summons Iraqi envoy over consulate torching
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Turkish police arrested eight Iraqi nationals on Friday in northern Turkey over their suspected links to the terrorist group Daesh, according to security officials.Police carried out anti-terror operations at various addresses in the Black Sea province of Samsun and its Bafra district, arresting 8 Iraqi nationals over their suspected links to Daesh terror group, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking with the media.More than 300 people have lost their lives in Daesh-claimed attacks in Turkey so far, where the terror organization has targeted civilians in suicide bomb, rocket and gun attacks.Turkish security forces have been involved in a long-running campaign to thwart Daesh attacks.Turkish army neutralizes 62 terrorists over past week
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