Overview
- Raids across 124 Istanbul locations yielded firearms, ammunition and what prosecutors described as organisational documents.
- Authorities said the suspects planned attacks during Christmas and New Year events with a focus on non‑Muslim targets.
- Investigators detained 115 of 137 people sought and are pursuing 22 others as the counterterrorism operation continues.
- Officials said some detainees were already wanted on terrorism charges and had contacts with ISIS operatives abroad, including involvement in financing and propaganda.
- The sweeps followed an earlier operation at the Afghanistan–Pakistan border that detained Turkish national Mehmet Goren, alleged to have held a senior ISIS role.