Turkey foiled major ISIL attack on G-20: Prosecutor

Turkey has allegedly foiled a major terrorist attack targeting the G-20 Summit in the Mediterranean province of Antalya after warnings by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. 

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants planned a major attack targeting the G-20 Summit, as well as 26 other terrorist attacks in 18 Turkish provinces, according to data gathered from a computer seized during a raid on an ISIL terrorist cell in the southeastern province of Gaziantep, daily Hürriyet reported.

The raid on the terrorist cell in Gaziantep was conducted during the investigation into the twin Ankara blasts that left more than 100 dead on Oct. 10.

The computer seized during the Gaziantep cell raid was believed to be used by Gaziantep ISIL leader identified as Yunus Durmaz.

According to the data, ISIL militants conducted initial inspections of the hotel world leaders stayed during the G-20 Summit, which was held in Antalya's Belek district on Nov. 15 and 16.

The security level at the popular resort area was set high, however, due to a warning from the prosecutor's office.

Data gathered from Durmaz's computer also revealed ISIL militants planned terrorist attacks targeting public places both in the Aegean province of ?zmir and Istanbul.

Jews, Alevis and a number of left-wing organizations were among those blacklisted by ISIL militants, according to the data.

On Nov. 14, Turkish counterterrorism police raided an ISIL terrorist cell in Gaziantep and confiscated hundreds of digital documents related to the terrorist organization, which later appeared to reveal close ties between the cell and ISIL in Syria. 

The state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Oct. 18 that data gathered from Durmaz's...