Around 450 people in 18 provinces in Turkey were rounded up on February 5, 2017 because they were suspected of being Islamic State operatives. However, independent television reports later said it was more like 690 suspects that were being held by the end of the day. The suspected Islamic State operatives were arrested in coordinated raids by the Turkish Police. This was one of Turkey’s larges operations against the jihadist group on the country’s soil.
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