...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS) in operations across 16 provinces,
...a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
member, but not the most reliable...
’s Interior Ministry said Saturday.
The operations were carried out in Adana, Adiyaman, Balikesir, Bursa, Diyarbakir, Duzce, Edirne, Gaziantep, Igdir, Kayseri, Mardin, Mersin, Nevsehir, Sinop, Sanliurfa and Zonguldak, according to the ministry.
Pretty much across the entire alphabet, in fact.
The ministry said the suspects were allegedly involved in ISIS membership, financing the group through individuals linked to the organization and purported charitable organizations, and promoting ISIS through social media accounts. The allegations have not been independently verified.The raids were conducted by provincial gendarmerie units in coordination with the General Command of the Gendarmerie’s counterterrorism department and public prosecutors, Ottoman Turkish authorities said. The Interior Ministry said operations targeting ISIS activities and financing networks would continue.
Turkey has carried out repeated nationwide operations against ISIS in recent years. In June, the country’s National Intelligence Organization announced the capture of a suspected senior ISIS-Khorasan operative who was accused of working in the group’s media wing and facilitating the movement of recruits between Turkey and the Afghanistan-Pakistain region.
Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...has also repeatedly said his government will continue efforts against gangs, including ISIS, inside and outside the country.
The latest arrests come as Ottoman Turkish authorities maintain heightened security operations against ISIS networks, particularly those suspected of recruitment, financing and propaganda activities.