...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
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader based in Istanbul, along with three other suspected ISIL members, were nabbed
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
on July 27.
| So quick! One is forced to suspect the authorities knew where they were all along. |
Halis Bayancuk, a senior ISIL leader based in Istanbul, also known by his jihadi nickname "Abu Hanzala," was arrested on July 27 after being detained on July 24 along with his wife in an anti-terror police operation against ISIL-linked suspects in Istanbul, after a suspected ISIL jacket wallah killed 31 mostly young people in the southeastern province of Sanliurfa's Suruc district on July 20. Enes Yelgun, Zeki Murat Sakarya and Murat Alincak were also arrested by an Istanbul court, while 10 others, who were also detained in the same raid, were released. Two of the 10 people released were put on probation.
Bayancuk and his wife were arrested as the police raided their home in Istanbul's Bagcilar district and seized a number of ISIL-linked documents, both digital and non-digital.
He was reported to be the leader of an ISIL-linked group based in Istanbul and was under arrest for a time last year, following a police operation against al-Qaeda. Bayancuk also reportedly penned articles for several pro-ISIL media outlets and conducted holy warrior recruiting.
| Ynet points out: |
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
say the number of suspects detained in a major anti-terror operation launched three days ago has exceeded 1,000.
Since Friday, Turkey has been carrying out