Turkish police

Turkey detains more than 100 Daesh suspects: Anadolu

Ankara - Muslimchronicle

Turkish police have detained 101 people over suspected links to Daesh in Ankara and have arrest warrants for a total of 245 suspects in the capital, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Thursday. It said 1,500 police officers were taking part in the operation across Ankara province, raiding 250 addresses. No further details were immediately available.Read more

Turkish police, intelligence foil large-scale bomb attack by Daesh

Ankara - Muslimchronicle

Turkish police and intelligence officials collapsed two terrorist cells in Istanbul over the weekend, preventing a large-scale bomb attack by Daesh. A car loaded with homemade explosives and a bomb-laden motorcycle, as well as suicide vests and many bullets, were found in the parking area of a crowded shopping mall in Istanbul’s Bayrampasa district on Oct. 28, just one dayRead more

Top Turkish civil society figure held at Istanbul airport

Istanbul - Muslimchronicle

Turkish police on Thursday detained a businessman who is one of the country’s leading civil society figures, reports said, raising fresh alarm over freedom of expression under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Osman Kavala was detained at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport after flying in from the southern city of Gaziantep, the Dogan news agency said. Kavala is the chairman of the AnadoluRead more

Syrian opposition figure, daughter murdered in Istanbul

Istanbul - Muslimchronicle

A Syrian opposition figure and her daughter were found murdered in their Istanbul apartment on Thursday night. Orouba Barakat and her daughter Hala were stabbed to death. Turkish police found their bodies in their apartment in Istanbul’s area of Uskudar. The police, however, has not issued any information about the murder yet. Orouba’s sister Shaza wrote on Facebook: “The handRead more

Turkish Police Arrest 17 ISIS Suspects in Istanbul

Istanbul - Arab Today

The Turkish police arrested 17 suspected ISIS members, including several foreign nationals, as part of an anti-terror operation in Istanbul. Anti-terrorist teams raided seven addresses of a suspect accused of housing suspected foreign ISIS members, Turkey's Anadolu Agency reported. Police said 15 of the suspects held in the Istanbul district of Zeytinburnu were foreign nationals who would be deported. ElsewhereRead more

2 PKK Militants Killed in Southeastern Turkey

Ankara - Arab Today

Turkish police have killed two PKK militants in a clash in southeastern Turkey’s Siirt province, the Turkish security sources said Wednesday. Two women militants were preparing to carry out an attack on local law enforcement units when the police raided their home in downtown Siirt, the sources said. The ensuing clash left both of them dead and officersRead more

Turkish police kill wouldbe suicide bomber in southeast: security official

Gaziantep - Arab Today

Turkish police killed a would-be attacker who tried to enter the main police station in the southeastern city of Gaziantep on Tuesday and were searching for a second assailant, in what one security official told Reuters was an attempted suicide bombing. A gunfight broke out in front of the police compound and ambulances were sent to the scene, television channelsRead more

New snowfalls close Bosphorus, cancel Istanbul flights

Istanbul - AFP

Heavy snowfall in Istanbul paralysed traffic for a third straight day Monday with the Bosphorus closed to shipping traffic and hundreds of flights cancelled again. With freezing temperatures and heavy winds, the Bosphorus, one of the world's busiest shipping bottlenecks, was closed due to poor visibility, Turkish coastguards said. All passenger ferry services, popular with commuters between the AsianRead more

Turkey detains 40 suspected Daesh militants

Ankara - Arab Today

Turkish police have detained some 40 suspected terrorists of the so-called Islamic State (IS) group (Daesh) in raids in southern Turkey. Special forces police, backed by armored vehicles and a helicopter, conducted the raids in the city of Adana early on Friday. Those detained are suspected of membership in the extremist group and of engaging in IS propaganda, according toRead more

29 former Turkish police put on trial over failed coup

Istanbul - ArabToday

Twenty-nine former Turkish police officers went on trial in Istanbul on Tuesday over their alleged roles in a failed coup in July, local media reported. It is the first trial of the alleged plotters since the coup bid on July 15, in which 248 people were killed. The former police officers are accused of attempting to persuade their colleagues andRead more