Istanbul, Oct 29 (AFP) Turkish police today rounded updozens of Islamic State suspects including Syrian nationals ina security sweep on the country's national day holiday, localmedia reported.
Twenty-two suspects were arrested in the eastern provinceof Erzurum including alleged senior members of the jihadistgroup, and 39 suspects in the northwestern Bursa province, theofficial Anadolu news agency reported, citing securitysources.
The suspects included two Azerbaijanis and 28 Syrians, itadded.
The operation comes a day after police arrested 49alleged IS members in Ankara -- some of whom were suspected ofplanning an attack on Republic Day on Sunday.
Turkey has been hit by a series of attacks blamed on ISjihadists over the past two years, including a New Year attackthis year on an elite Istanbul nightclub during which 39people were killed by an IS gunman.
There has been a lull in attacks since, but tensionsremain high and Turkish police launch raids almost dailyagainst suspected IS cells across the country. (AFP)UZM.
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