Turkish security arrests 15 Daesh suspects in Ankara

Published July 27th, 2015 - 08:26 GMT
Eleven of the suspects arrested in Ankara were foreigners, a local police source said. (AFP/File)
Eleven of the suspects arrested in Ankara were foreigners, a local police source said. (AFP/File)

Fifteen people suspected of links to Daesh were arrested in raids in Turkey’s capital Ankara on Monday, police said.

An early morning operation by anti-terror police saw the suspects seized in the city’s historic Ulus neighborhood. Eleven of the suspects were foreigners, a police source told Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity due restrictions on talking to the media.

The operation is the latest in a recent wave of arrests that have seen hundreds of suspected Daesh, Kurdistan Workers’Party (PKK) and Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front (DHKP-C) supporters arrested across Turkey.

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