Anti-terror police

Anti-terror police on Jan. 17 detained a foreign couple suspected of membership of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri, a police official stated.

Police on Aug. 10 detained a Russian-citizen Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant, who was reportedly planning to down a U.S. plane stationed at the İncirlik air base in the southern province of Adana with a drone before staging an attack on an Alevi association. 

An investigation has been launched into a fugitive Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant over sexually abusing a 15-year-old Indonesian girl in the southern province of Adana. 

Anti-terror police have busted an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suicide bomber cell in an operation in the southern province of Adana. 

A total of 12 suspects, including two children, caught in the operation carried out in the Seyhan district on June 22 were referred to court on July 5. 

An armed attack was staged on pro-government journalist Cem Küçük's house in Istanbul's Güngören district late Feb. 20. 

Küçük, who is a columnist for daily Yeni Şafak, said his brother was living in the house. 

A theater academy founded by thespian Müjdat Gezen was set alight early on Feb. 20 in Istanbul's Kadıköy district. 

Police and fire department teams were dispatched to the scene of the Müjdat Gezen Arts Center after the attack, which caused damage to the building. Extensive security measures were taken after the incident, while the fire was extinguished in a short period of time. 

Turkish police have been seeking three suspects who ran away from the entrance of Istanbul's Atatürk Airport despite police's warnings. Police have warned the suspects in a minibus to stop, but the minibus turned away and escaped while the police fired shots at the tires of the vehicle in order to stop them. 

A total of 34 people were detained in operations targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in four different provinces of Turkey on Nov. 10. 

Fourteen people were detained in the southern province of Adana after counter-terrorism police carried out simultaneous operations in the province's center.

A total of 11 people have been detained in simultaneous operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) carried out in several districts of Istanbul.

Police carried out operations at 13 different addresses in five districts, Anadolu Agency reported. 

At least 22 suspects, including the provincial head of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), have been detained in an anti-terror operation in ?zmir over accusations of "making terrorist propaganda."

Anti-terror police in ?zmir launched simultaneous raids on 30 addresses across the province early March 9 and detained at least 22 suspects, including HDP provincial co-chair Cavit U?ur.