Turkey: Police conduct raid on suspected 'Islamic State' target

Turkish police and 'counter-terrorism' units surrounded a building in the Ayvali neighbourhood in Ankara on Tuesday, alleging members of the so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) were residing inside the building. The armed 'counter-terrorism units,' a force within the Turkish National Police, conducted a thorough search of the building and arrested at least one person. The person was detained and driven to a local police station for questioning. The raid has been carried out within the framework of the Turkish state's operation against 'terrorist organisations' throughout the country after the bomb attack in Suruc last week. This operation has resulted in the arrest of alleged members of IS as well as members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP/C).