Sixteen of 29 people with suspected links to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) were detained in raids in five cities in Turkey on Wednesday. They were charged with financially supporting and providing militants for the organization.

Concurrently in the provinces of Ankara, Konya, İzmir, Adana and Gaziantep, five suspects in Ankara, one in Konya, three in Adana, seven in İzmir and one in Gaziantep were detained in police raids orchestrated by the anti-terror branch directorates of the local police departments. While suspects were taken to police departments, it was reported that 13 Syrian and Iraqi citizens named in the investigation file in İzmir were not captured because they are not in Turkey.

Documents linked to the organization and digital items were confiscated in searches during the raids, and reportedly, most of the suspects are tradesmen who supply financial support to the terrorist organization.

Again, the İzmir Police Department launched an operation on the same day based on allegations that militants entered Turkey from Syria. Twenty-two residences were targeted in the operation, and seven people were detained in the cities of Isparta, İzmir and Erzurum.

Police confiscated two guns, flags allegedly symbolizing ISIS and documents suggesting that those detained belonged to the terrorist organization.

Furthermore, three injured ISIS militants who attempted to cross the Turkish border from Kobani with camouflage were arrested after being taken to the court in Gaziantep. Three suspects among the five people detained after the operation launched in Ankara on Monday, who were charged with financially supporting and providing militants to the organization, were arrested, and the remaining two were brought under judicial control.