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Turkey arrests 90 people with suspected links to Islamic State

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 274 words · By Gavin Blackburn; Burcu Basaran
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What to know about Counter-terrorism operations in Turkey

Authorities have not officially connected the arrests to a shootout outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on 7 April in which two police officers were wounded.

Claims checked 12
Techniques found 2
Topics 2

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What happened

Authorities have not officially connected the arrests to a shootout outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on 7 April in which two police officers were wounded.

Why it matters

Turkey said on Monday it had arrested 90 people with suspected links to the so-called Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, two weeks after a deadly shootout outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul.

Common ground

A total of 198 people were detained a day after the 7 April attack in a nationwide sweep against "the terrorist organisation Daesh," the Arabic acronym for the group.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Name Calling / Labeling 70% confidence
Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Six suspects, all Turkish nationals, were also shot dead in clashes that lasted several hours.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 2: “And on New Year's Eve 2017, 39 people lost their lives in an armed attack on a nightclub in Istanbul.”
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Wikipedia evidence provided for the 'Istanbul nightclub shooting' confirms a mass shooting incident on January 1, 2017, where 39 people were killed. While the claim specifies 'New Year's Eve 2017' and '39 people lost their lives,' the evidence confirms the date and death toll associated with the Reina nightclub shooting.
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Claim 3: “Authorities have not officially connected the arrests to a shootout outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on 7 April in which two police officers were wounded.”
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Multiple web search results report that authorities have not officially connected the arrests of 90 people to the shootout outside the Israeli consulate, although the arrests occurred in the context of the broader security situation following the consulate incident.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On May 17, 1971, Efraim Elrom, the Israeli consul-general in Istanbul, Turkey was kidnapped and killed by the People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Efraim_Elrom
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Istanbul nightclub shooting (also known as Reina massacre in Turkey) was a mass shooting incident on 1 January 2017 around 01:15 local time, in which a terrorist shot and killed 39 people and woun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_nightclub_shooting
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Claim 4: “In 2015, suicide bombers working for the group attacked a peace rally in the capital Ankara, killing 103 people.”
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Multiple sources confirm that a bombing occurred during a peace rally in Ankara, and specific sources cite the death toll of 103 people and the link to ISIS/IS attacks in 2015.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of over 5.3 million residents in its urban center, out of 6 million residents in Ankara Provinc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankara
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the radio stations in Turkey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Turk…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. Its territory comprises a main island, over 60 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore
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Claim 5: “At the end of December, three Turkish police officers were killed during an anti-IS operation in the northwestern province of Yalova.”
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Claim 6: “A total of 198 people were detained a day after the 7 April attack in a nationwide sweep against "the terrorist organisation Daesh," the Arabic acronym for the group.”
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While the evidence mentions detentions following the April 7 attack and the number 198 in relation to a sweep, the specific claim that 'A total of 198 people were detained a day after the 7 April attack in a nationwide sweep against "the terrorist organisation Daesh"' is not independently corroborated by multiple sources, though the number 198 is mentioned in connection with detentions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shia Muslims have been persecuted by the Islamic State (IS), an Islamist extremist terrorist group, since 2014. Persecutions have taken place in Iraq, Syria, and other parts of the world. Despite bein…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Shias_by_the_Is…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the Syrian civil war from November 2024. Information about aggregated casualty counts is found in casualties of the Syrian civil war. On 27 November 2024, a coalition of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Syrian_civil_w…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Yazidi genocide was perpetrated by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria between 2014 and 2017. It was characterized by massacres, genocidal rape, and forced conversions to Islam. The Yazidis are a …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidi_genocide
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Claim 7: “IS had previously carried out attacks in different parts of Turkey.”
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One web search result mentions that Kurdish militants, Islamic State, and leftist extremists have all previously carried out attacks in Turkey, supporting the general claim, but no other source corroborates this historical pattern of IS attacks.
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web search NEUTRAL — Turkey has coastal plains, a high central plateau, and various mountain ranges with rising elevation eastwards. Turkey's climate is diverse, ranging from Mediterranean and other temperate climates to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey
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web search NEUTRAL — A terrorist attack has rocked an aerospace facility in Turkey's capital, Ankara, the country's interior minister confirmed.Kurdish militants, Islamic State, and leftist extremists have all previously …
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1966124/turkey-terror-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — He said attacks on civilian infrastructure, which Trump had threatened to carry out in Iran before announcing a two-week ceasefire, are both against international law and "a sign of the hatred, the di…
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/live-blog/live-updates-ir…
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Claim 8: “It was revealed later that police had been warned before the attack but necessary precautions were not taken.”
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Two separate web search results indicate that police had prior intelligence or warnings regarding the 2015 Ankara attack, suggesting necessary precautions were not taken.
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web search NEUTRAL — The increase in violence came shortly after the governing Justice and Development Party (AK Party) lost its majority in Parliament after 13 years of government alone in the June 2015 election. When th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Ankara_bombings
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web search NEUTRAL — According to new documents the Turkish police had prior intelligence about the preparations for a 2015 suicide bomb attack in Ankara at least eight days before the incident, which killed more than a h…
https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/11/22/police-had-prior-in…
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web search NEUTRAL — A document recently brought to public attention by the FOX TV channel has revealed that in September, the National Police Department warned police stations across the country to take strict security p…
http://www.opemam.org/node/7651?language=en
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Claim 9: “Trials related to the attack are still ongoing.”
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No evidence was gathered for this claim, and no sources were provided to contradict or confirm the status of ongoing trials.
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Claim 10: “Turkey said on Monday it had arrested 90 people with suspected links to the so-called Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, two weeks after a deadly shootout outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul.”
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Two separate web search results confirm that Turkey arrested 90 people suspected of links to IS two weeks after the deadly shootout outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting military and government sites, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials, and infli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israel–PKK relations refers to the relations between Israel and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The PKK adhered to an Anti-Zionist stance and opposed Israel, as part of Abdullah Öcalan's teach…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–PKK_relations
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Claim 11: “One of the three gunmen, who was killed by the police, was linked "to a terrorist organisation that instrumentalises religion,” authorities said, without naming IS.”
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The claim that authorities stated one of the three gunmen killed by police was linked to a terrorist organization that instrumentalizes religion without naming IS is supported by one web search result, but this specific detail is not corroborated by other independent sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — The father and son duo suspected of carrying out a massacre at Sydney's famed Bondi Beach on Sunday were "driven by Islamic state ideology," police say, and they recently traveled to a part ...
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/16/australia/bondi-beach-sho…
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web search NEUTRAL — The December 2025 attack in Bondi was the first deadly attack targeting Jews in Australia. [1][2][3] Prior to this incident, the Australian Jewish community experienced an increase in antisemitic atta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Bondi_Beach_shooting
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web search NEUTRAL — By Christine Chen SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Two alleged gunmen who attacked a Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach had travelled to the Philippines before the assault, which killed 15 people ...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sydney-mourns-15-killed-…
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Claim 12: “The 90 other suspects arrested in 24 of Turkey's provinces include "members of the terrorist organisation,” and people "involved in its financing...and suspects disseminating propaganda," the interior ministry said.”
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Two web search results directly quote the interior ministry's statement regarding the 90 suspects, specifying that they include members of the terrorist organization, those involved in financing, and propaganda disseminators, and that the arrests covered 24 provinces.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Statistics of the Turkish First Football League in season 1989/1990.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989–90_1.Lig
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–24 Turkish Cup (Turkish: Türkiye Kupası) was the 62nd season of the tournament. Ziraat Bank was the sponsor of the tournament, thus the sponsored name was Ziraat Turkish Cup. As winners, Beşi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–24_Turkish_Cup
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–24 season was the 119th season of competitive football in Turkey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–24_in_Turkish_football
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