Overview
- Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said 357 suspects were apprehended in simultaneous operations involving prosecutors, counterterror police, intelligence, and provincial units.
- Authorities said the sweep followed an eight-hour confrontation in Yalova in which three police officers and six suspected militants were killed.
- Local broadcaster TRT Haber had earlier reported seven officers were wounded in the Yalova raid, underscoring shifting accounts as the operation unfolded.
- Security measures around the Yalova site included special forces support, road closures, a cordon, school suspensions at five institutions, and precautionary utility shutoffs.
- Last week, officials said raids at 124 locations led to 115 arrests over alleged plans to target non-Muslims during the holiday period, part of an ongoing domestic campaign against IS cells.