Turkey raids News

Turkish police on Sunday rounded up dozens of Islamic State suspects including Syrian nationals in a security sweep on the country's national day holiday, local media reported.

Turkish police on Sunday detained hundreds of suspected members of the Islamic State extremist group in nationwide raids, just over a month after an attack on an Istanbul nightclub claimed by the jihadists.

Prosecutors issued 187 arrest warrants as part of the operation in the country's economic capital of Istanbul and other provinces, CNN-Turk reported.

"Turkish security forces are still searching for some of the soldiers involved in a failed coup attempt and their weapons in various cities and rural areas but there is no risk of a renewed bid to seize power", a senior security official said on Monday.

Turkey has detained 68 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group in raids across the country, state media said today.