As Tรผrkiye mourns three police officers killed by Daesh, authorities launched fresh raids on the terrorist group on Tuesday. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that simultaneous raids carried out in 21 provinces netted 357 suspects.
In Istanbul, security forces detained 110 suspects, while another operation was underway in the capital, Ankara, to capture 17 suspects.
In the early hours of Monday, police attempted to storm a house in a rural neighborhood of Yalova in northwestern Tรผrkiye, where suspected Daesh members were residing. What ensued was a shootout between terrorists and police that lasted for hours. Three police officers were shot dead by suspects, and six Daesh terrorists were killed. The operation was a routine one as authorities were already conducting raids against Daesh across the country as a
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