Turkey’s anti-terrorism police have detained more than 440 people for alleged links to ISIS, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported Sunday.
(FOX)- Anadolu said 60 ISIS suspects, the vast majority of them foreigners, were taken into custody early Sunday in the capital, Ankara.
It said a total of 445 people were detained in simultaneous pre-dawn police operations that spanned several cities, including Istanbul and Gaziantep, near the border with Syria.
The largest operation was in the southeast province of Sanliurfa, where police took into custody more than 100 suspects from multiple addresses and found materials relating to ISIS militants.
Security forces also apprehended nine suspects who were allegedly preparing an attack in the northwestern city of Izmir.
Some of those taken into custody Sunday reportedly were active in conflict zones and engaged in recruitment efforts for ISIS, relaying its propaganda over social media.