reconnaissance works in order to determine locations to attack, according to an indictment.The trial into the nine, who were detained in anti-ISIL operations for making plans to stage “sensational” attacks in Istanbul on behalf of the group, started with the prosecutor seeking up to 15 years in prison for “being members of an armed terrorist organization.”The nine suspects, two of whom are Turkish and seven of whom are Russian citizens, appeared in court at the Anatolian 2nd Court of Serious Crimes. A Russian translator was also present at the hearing.Fuat Güneş, the first suspect to give his defense, said he did not know the other suspects and denied that photos and videos related to ISIL were found on his phone.“My brother Mustafa Güneş joined ISIL in Syria. Isuicide vests were found in Tsaysaev’s house. Photos taken in clash zones and songs praising ISIL were found on other suspects’ phones.Two silent planes were confiscated in Khatsaev and Orstho’s house, with the indictment accusing ISIL of planning to conduct bomb attacks with them.The planes were capable of carrying explosives of between 17 and 50 kilograms.Elsewhere, İsmail Mahlı, an ISIL sniper, was caught in the border province of Kilis on Jan. 24. The gendarmerie carried out an anti-ISIL operation in Kilis, apprehending someone who was wounded in the eye.After the investigation was deepened, Mahlı confessed that he was trained in Raqqa and was among the snipers of ISIL.