Turkey Cracks Down on Daesh Militants, Arrests 125 Suspects Ahead of New Year's Eve 2026
JAKARTA - Turkey held a nationwide raid operation by arresting 125 Daesh militants ahead of New Year's Eve 2026.
"We arrested 125 Daesh suspects," said Turkish Minister of the Interior Ali Yerlikaya on his X account, Wednesday, December 31, quoted by AFP.
Ali explained that the arrests were carried out simultaneously on Wednesday, December 31 morning. The target is to arrest members of a subgroup of the ISIS group, namely Daesh.
"In a simultaneous operation carried out in 25 provinces this morning," continued Ali.