ISIL suspect evaded raids before fatal Istanbul shootout
An ISIL suspect killed in a shootout at Istanbul’s Sultanbeyli bus terminal had evaded earlier police raids before trying to leave by bus, Demirören News Agency reported.
Berkan Çil, 21, escaped during raids on two addresses in Pendik and Tuzla.
The operation followed an investigation coordinated by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and Istanbul police into his suspected links to ISIL and plans for a terrorist attack in Türkiye.
Police searching his home found substances they believed could be used to make explosives.
