ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities on Thursday detained 52 suspected Daesh extremists in northwestern province of Bursa as part of a crackdown on the militants, state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
Police launched raids at five addresses in the Osmangazi district to round up the suspects who were all Syrian nationals, Anadolu said.
Daesh are blamed in Turkey for a spate of terror attacks, including a 2015 bombing on a peace rally at a train station in the capital Ankara that claimed 100 lives.
Turkey has stepped up the fight against the extremists and allowed a US-led international coalition to launch air raids on the group's bases in Syria from its soil.
Turkey rounds up 52 Syrian Daesh suspects: state media
Updated 14 February 2019
Turkey rounds up 52 Syrian Daesh suspects: state media
- Turkey believes Daesh are responsible for a number of terror attacks in Turkey
- All the individuals arrested in the crackdown are Syrian nationals
