Turkish authorities claim that over 100 people linked to the Islamic State have been apprehended in sweeping raids across the country.
Police Chief Mehmet Aktas said Wednesday that 26 raids took place across 21 different Turkish provinces, netting dozens of people with ties to the terrorist organization, according to the Associated Press.
ISIS was allegedly planning a possible attack to coincide with Tuesday’s 96th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic. On Monday, police also arrested 20 foreign nationals suspected of ISIS ties during a sweep in the Turkish capital of Ankara.
The country has stepped up security precautions after the U.S. raid that resulted in the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi over the weekend. U.S. special operations forces targeted the radical cleric Saturday night in an undisclosed location in Idlib province of Syria, where he had been under surveillance for weeks.
The U.S. also killed ISIS spokesman Abu Hassan al Muhajir in an airstrike just hours later.
