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ANKARA, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Turkish police arrested 58 suspected Islamic State (IS) militants in the southern provinces of Adana and Gaziantep, Dogan news agency reported on Friday.
In an operation backed by helicopters, counter-terror police squads carried out raids on 40 premises in Adana, using battering rams to break open doors, Dogan said.
The suspects were taken to Adana police headquarters after routine health checks, it added.
Meanwhile, 18 IS suspects were arrested in operations in Gaziantep province.
In 2016, a total of 3,359 people have so far been arrested in Turkey, with 1,313 having suspected links to IS. Among the arrested suspects, 679 were foreign nationals.
