Turkish media reports detention of Georgian national for links with terrorists

One Georgian and nine Syrian nationals have been detained for having contacts with the terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS), Dailysabah reports.

The news agency says that the individuals were detained on Wednesday in counterterrorism operations in western Turkey's Izmir province.

Police seized an unlicensed gun, a rag bearing the terror group's symbols, documents, digital materials and a fair amount of cash in raids to the properties belonging to the suspects,” Dailysabah says.

The suspects were taken to the security directorate after the necessary checks were done.

Turkish security forces have been involved in a long-running campaign to rid Turkey of IS terrorists.

 The terrorist group is blamed for a string of terror attacks in Turkey that killed dozens of people over the past three years in Istanbul and Ankara as well as cities in the southeast, reports the news agency.