Turkish authorities reportedly detained more than 200 people, including suspected ISIS-linked militants, in a sweeping Tuesday raid in capital Ankara ahead of a July 7-8 NATO summit.The raid came after Turkish authorities issued detention orders for 241 suspects, 209 of whom were taken into custody, The Associated Press reported, citing a statement from the office of Turkey's chief prosecutor.Among the 209 detained, 56 were allegedly ISIS militants, according to the AP.This comes after Turkish authorities said they detained 125 ISIS members in December.The detention operations occurred just two weeks before a planned NATO summit in Ankara on July 7 that President Donald Trump is expected to attend.TURKEY’S NATO ROLE UNDER SCRUTINY AMID NEW REPORT ON HAMAS, MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TIESPresident Donald Trump greets Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Oct.
13, 2025, to support ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal.(Evan Vucci/AP Photo/Pool)Other militants scooped up were 35 alleged members of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front, which a Turkish statement described as "a far‑left group known for armed attacks and assassinations in Turkey," according to the AP.The ISIS-combating operations demonstrate the terrorist group's ongoing activity in the region, showing the group is still functioning despite the U.S.
campaign during Trump's first term to eliminate the group's caliphate and its control of large swaths of territory in the Middle East.Iraqi government forces celebrate while holding an Islamis Sate (IS) group flag after they claimed they have gained complete control of the Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, on January 26, 2015 near the town of Muqdadiyah.(YOUNIS AL-BAYATI/AFP via Getty Images)In recent years, ISIS has spread into the African continent, prompting a strong response from the U.S.
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