(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Baku, Azerbaijan, April 19
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Twelve militants of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization were detained during a special operation conducted by the provincial police in the country's Izmir province, Trend reports via Turkish media.
The operation to detain terrorists was carried out in three locations in Izmir. All detainees are Turkish citizens. Firearms were also seized during the operation.
On Nov. 5, 2018, a major operation was carried out against members of the "Islamic State" in 11 provinces of Turkey. Some 24 people, who were engaged in raising funds for terrorists in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, were arrested.
Also, cash money of more than $500,000 and more than two million Turkish liras were confiscated during the operation.
Syrian citizen Riad Haji Osman, one of the IS executioners, was detained during a special operation in Turkey's Adana Province on Apr. 13. Kifah Bashir Hussein, the so-called minister of health of IS, was detained in Sanliurfa in southeastern Turkey on Jan. 24. On Jan. 12, the Turkish police detained the so-called minister of agriculture of IS, Tarik Ahmet.
In December 2017, a 28-year-old terrorist nicknamed Mahmud, one of the IS executioners, was detained in Turkey's Hatay Province on the border with Syria.
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