Map: Yalova Vilayet, Turkiye

This operation is part of ongoing counterterrorism efforts by Ankara. Last week the TNP launched scores of simultaneous raids, detaining 115 Daesh miscreants who were allegedly planning attacks targeting Christmas and New Year's celebrations. Officials said the group had called for action, particularly against non-Muslims, during the celebrations.

ISIS has carried out a series of deadly attacks in Turkiye in recent years, including a shooting at an Istanbul nightclub during New Year celebrations on 1 Jan 2017 which killed 39 people.

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"Earlier estimates suggested that between 600 and 1,000 Turkish citizens had joined ISIS by mid-2014, and other reports from 2015 to 2016 estimated that up to 5,200 to 9,000 Turkish nationals may have joined ISIS or related groups, though these figures include those who traveled abroad and may not reflect the current number inside Turkiye" (Source: www.fdd.org).

MIT, the Turkish analog to CIA, is an experienced agency capable of penetrating militant groups in the Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa, as well as several parts of Europe. Ankara provided invaluable intelligence to France just prior to the 2024 Paris Olympiad. Paris repaid Ankara by extraditing several alleged PKK and Kurdish separatists back to Turkiye. The TNP is also an experienced, professional organization which quickly unraveled the amateurish 2 Oct 2018 assassination of Jamal Khashoggi by Muhammad Bin Salman's clumsy and brutal thugs in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Female TNP officers were deployed to Somalia to train their police forces.