Overview
- Simultaneous operations at 124 Istanbul addresses seized pistols, ammunition and what prosecutors called organizational documents.
- Arrest warrants were issued for 137 people, with 115 detained and efforts underway to locate 22 remaining suspects.
- Prosecutors said intelligence indicated plans to strike Christmas and New Year gatherings, particularly targeting non‑Muslim individuals, without naming specific sites.
- Authorities said the detainees included individuals tied to ISIS financing and propaganda and in contact with operatives outside Turkey.
- The raids followed an intelligence-led capture of a Turkish national identified as Mehmet Goren near the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, and police on Friday reported a separate arrest of suspect Ibrahim Burtakucin in Malatya over alleged New Year attack plans.