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1. Police across Turkey arrests at least 304 people during simultaneous raids suspected of links to the Islamic State members. Suspects were detained in 32 provinces but the majority were in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, Turkey’s three largest cities.
   2023-12-23 02:22:48 (First version)
2. Police in Turkey arrest at least 304 people suspected of links to the Islamic State during simultaneous raids conducted across the country.
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