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Turkey detains 189 people with suspected Islamic State ties: Minister

A member of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces removes an Islamic State flag in the city of Tabqa, in Syria. (Credit: AFP/Delil Souleiman/File photo)

ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities detained 189 people in 37 provinces on Saturday suspected of ties to militant group Islamic State, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media platform X.

Authorities have ramped up operations against Islamic State and Kurdish militants in recent weeks, after Kurdish militants detonated a bomb near government buildings in Ankara on Oct. 1.

ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities
detained 189 people in 37 provinces on Saturday suspected of
ties to militant group Islamic State, Interior Minister Ali
Yerlikaya said on social media platform X.
Authorities have ramped up operations against Islamic State
and Kurdish militants in recent weeks, after Kurdish militants
detonated a bomb near government buildings in...