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| Turkish police have arrested 120 al-Qaeda suspects in a major nationwide anti-terror operation, reports say. | Turkish police have arrested 120 al-Qaeda suspects in a major nationwide anti-terror operation, reports say. |
| The arrests were made in co-ordinated pre-dawn raids in 16 provinces, said the state-run Anatolia news agency. | The arrests were made in co-ordinated pre-dawn raids in 16 provinces, said the state-run Anatolia news agency. |
| Those detained include an alleged militant recruiter who worked at a university in the eastern city of Van, Anatolia quoted police as saying. | Those detained include an alleged militant recruiter who worked at a university in the eastern city of Van, Anatolia quoted police as saying. |
| It added the raids came after police seized documents disclosing details of extremist militant activity in Turkey. | It added the raids came after police seized documents disclosing details of extremist militant activity in Turkey. |
| Friday morning's raids netted weapons, fake identity cards and camouflage clothing, unnamed police officials said, adding that those detained included suspected senior al-Qaeda members. | |
| The raids, which took place in cities including Ankara and Istanbul, came after 25 suspected al-Qaeda members were arrested in the country earlier this week. | |
| Turkish police occasionally carry out such raids against other Islamist groups and suspected Kurdish militants. | |
| Al-Qaeda has been held responsible for occasional attacks in Turkey, such as multiple suicide bombings in Istanbul that killed 58 people in 2003. |