Turkey Detains 61 People Over Suspected ISIS Links: Anadolu

Turkey Detains 61 People Over Suspected ISIS Links: Anadolu
Members of the Turkish police special forces stand guard at the police headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, January 17, 2017. Reuters/Murad Sezer
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ISTANBUL—Turkish police detained 61 people over suspected links to Islamic State in anti-terror operations in two cities, the state-run Anadolu Agency said on Sunday.

Counter-terrorism police raided houses in Bursa, a northwestern province of Turkey, and detained 39 people including 28 Syrian nationals and two Azerbaijani nationals, Anadolu said. Eight of the detained suspects were minors, it said.