Turkish security units conducted simultaneous counterterrorism raids in seven districts of the largest city of the country to detain people, who were suspected of plotting terrorist attacks, the Anadolu news agency reported Saturday citing a police source.
Earlier this year, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag reported that the country had detained over 4,000 Daesh terrorists between 2011 and 2018, adding that more than 12,500 people, including 5,654 foreigners, were detained during that period on suspicion of having ties to the terror group.
Daesh* is operating mainly in Iraq and Syria. However, the terrorists' activities have spilled into neighboring states, such as Turkey.
*Daesh is a terror organization, banned in Russia and many countries around the world.