In a report by the Turkish state media, which was picked up by various news outlets, it was detailed that this past Sunday night, around 400 potential members, mostly foreigners, of the notorious terrorist group have been detained. The operation around the country saw 150 suspects detained in Sanliurfa in the southeast, 60 in the capital Ankara as well as dozens more arrests in provinces ranging from Bursa in the west to Bingol in the east, the Dogan and Anadolu news agencies reported. When all was said and done, Turkish State TV (via ABC News) reports that the capital city of Ankara yielded the arrests of 60 suspects with the bulk of the remaining arrests happening in Sanliurfa (where over 150 were arrested), Istanbul, and Gaziantep. The attack on the Reina nightclub is the first such incident in Turkey that the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for, even though the group has been blamed for several bombings in 2016.
Turkish police arrest over 400 suspected ISIL members in raids across the country.