The Turkish TV channel TRT Haber writes that 15 people have been arrested by security forces in a coordinated operation. They must be associated with the organization ISIS-K, a subgroup of the terrorist organization IS. – We have received the same information and are in contact with our people in Turkey, writes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Stockholm in an e-mail to the newspaper Aftonbladet. The newspaper writes that the order to take action came as a consequence of Rasmus Paludan burning a Koran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. The news of the arrests comes with a complicated political backdrop. There are presidential elections in Turkey on May 14, where Recep Tayyip Erdogan is fighting to be re-elected. At the same time, he is using Sweden and Finland’s NATO application to obtain support internally in Turkey. The Swedish Foreign Ministry has previously asked Swedes in Turkey to be “cautious and vigilant” Order for action According to Turkish media, the police believe that an order went out from the leadership of the terrorist organization to strike several targets in Istanbul. Among other things, they are said to have prepared an action against the Swedish consulate in Istanbul. No details have been released about what this entails, or what kind of action it is about. The group is also said to have prepared attacks against places where Christians and Jews gather, according to Turkish authorities. The Turkish authorities emphasize that they have not discovered that the group had made concrete plans. Here you can read more about the situation in Turkey right now.
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