Overview
- Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said six suspected Islamic State members and three police officers were killed in the Yalova operation.
- Authorities said the slain suspects were Turkish citizens, while eight officers and one night watchman were wounded and not in life-threatening condition.
- Police reported that suspects opened fire as a house in Yalova’s Elmali district was stormed, prompting a firefight that spread into nearby streets.
- Local measures included sealing off the neighborhood, cutting electricity and gas, closing five schools, and bringing in special forces from Bursa.
- Yerlikaya reported 357 arrests across 21 provinces, following earlier raids that detained 115 suspects tied to alleged Christmas and New Year attack plans, with prosecutors alleging some raised funds for Syria-linked IS networks under false charity pretenses.