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The Grand Turk
165 suspects under arrest in Turkey in relation to ISIL
2015-09-16
[Hurriyet Daily News] Some 165 suspects are currently under arrest in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
on charges related to the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a senior Turkish official has announced.

"Turkey is continuing its struggle against Daesh [ISIL]. In addition to our own struggle, we are also conducting air strikes against Daesh targets. This will continue. Our efforts to form terror-free zones on the border are continuing. With regard to the fight against Daesh, the entry into Turkey of 20,000 people has been banned. Five hundred people have been taken into custody and 165 have been tossed in the slammer
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
," Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin told news hounds at a presser on Sept. 15.

He also stated that all responsibility for imported muscle should not be put on Turkey's shoulders and everyone should share it, including source countries.

Some 126 people were in Turkish prisons charged with being a member of ISIL as of Aug. 10, 2015, the Justice Ministry had said in a reply released in late August upon a question submitted by Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Faysal Sariyildiz.

Facing criticism for not better controlling its southeastern borders, the Turkish authorities have accelerated police operations against ISIL suspects in the country since early 2015.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Compare to several thousand Kurds the Turks have arrested
Posted by: OldSpook   2015-09-16 10:01  

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