Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Police in Turkey detained 115 people on Thursday suspected of planning to stage terror attacks at Christmas and New Year's Day celebrations in the country.
The Istanbul Provincial Police Department, on instruction from the city's Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, carried out 124 raids targeting 137 suspected members of ISIS, officials said in a press release.
"These suspects were identified as being in contact with conflict zones within the scope of terrorist organization activities," the prosecutor's office said in a press release posted to X.
The suspects, prosecutors said, were "planning attacks and issuing calls for action targeting our country -- specifically aimed at non-Muslim individuals -- within the context of upcoming Christmas and New Year events."
Officials apprehended 115 of the 137 suspects and seized pistols, cartridges and "numerous organization documents" during the raids.
