According to the Turkish General Staff, 643 Daesh suspects were detained as they attempted to cross into Turkey, while 496 were held while trying to enter Syria from Turkey from Jan. 1, 2015 until now.
The army said illegal border crossings mainly took place in southeastern Kilis province, near the border with Syria.
Turkey has suffered several deadly attacks over the last year. Perpetrators range from ultra-left groups to Daesh, amid a renewed terror campaign in the country's southeast by the PKK terror organization.Turkey has had its share of attacks by the terrorist organization in the last year. The first major attack was on July 20 in Suruç, a town in the province of Şanlıurfa located on the Turkish-Syrian border. A suicide bomber linked to the terrorist group blew himself up amid a large crowd attending a rally organized by several nongovernmental organizations. Thirty-two people were killed in the attack. As Turkey reeled from the Suruç attack, a second attack blamed on Daesh occurred on Oct. 10 when two suicide bombers linked to Daesh blew themselves up at a peace rally. Over 400 people were injured and 102 people were killed in the attack, the deadliest in the history of the Republic of Turkey. Turkey is among the primary targets of the terrorist organization, which controls towns near the country's border with Syria, for its contribution to the campaign against Daesh. Earlier this month, some 200 Daesh members in Syria were killed by artillery fire from the Turkish side in retaliation to the Sultanahmet bombing.