Police said that the majority of the detained militants were working as merchants in Gaziantep's local market and had been closely monitored by intelligence officials following suspicious travels to Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan in the last couple of years.
Policija je ukazala kako su većina uhićenih militanata bili trgovci na lokalnoj tržnici u Gaziantepu, te su ih obavještajni dužnosnici pozorno pratili nakon sumnjivih putovanja u Iran, Pakistan i Afganistan u posljednjih nekoliko godina.