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Turkish Police Detain 10 Accused of ISIS Links, Minister Says

Turkish police detained 10 people believed to be linked to ISIS. (Getty Images/AFP)
Turkish police detained 10 people believed to be linked to ISIS. (Getty Images/AFP)
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Turkish Police Detain 10 Accused of ISIS Links, Minister Says

Turkish police detained 10 people believed to be linked to ISIS. (Getty Images/AFP)
Turkish police detained 10 people believed to be linked to ISIS. (Getty Images/AFP)

Turkish police detained 10 people believed to be linked to ISIS and have arrested five of them, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday.

Yerlikaya said Türkiye’s MIT intelligence agency, police, and counter-terrorism squads carried out an operation in the western coastal city of Izmir after intelligence showed the suspects had hidden supplies in the city.

The authorities discovered explosive gels, materials used to make explosives, as well as weapons and ammunition hidden in the mountainous region of Izmir's Bornova district, Yerlikaya added.

"As a result of the operation, 10 suspects were detained. Of these, five were arrested and judicial control rulings were made for five others," the minister said on social media platform X.

Under judicial control rulings, the suspects may leave police detention but they have certain conditions and oversights imposed on them.

Footage from the operation, shared by Yerlikaya on X, showed several police cars in a mountainous area, with police searching inside of a small cave for the hidden materials. It also showed authorities searching a house and detaining the suspects. Reuters could not independently verify the footage.

ISIS has conducted numerous attacks across Türkiye, including on a nightclub in Istanbul on Jan. 1, 2017, in which 39 people were killed. Turkish police have carried out several operations targeting the militants.

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US State Department Nixes Climate Office, Revamps Energy Bureau

A 3D-printed miniature model of US President Donald Trump with the US Department of State logo in the background is seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. (Reuters)
A 3D-printed miniature model of US President Donald Trump with the US Department of State logo in the background is seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. (Reuters)
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US State Department Nixes Climate Office, Revamps Energy Bureau

A 3D-printed miniature model of US President Donald Trump with the US Department of State logo in the background is seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. (Reuters)
A 3D-printed miniature model of US President Donald Trump with the US Department of State logo in the background is seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. (Reuters)

The Trump administration has terminated federal employees in charge of US global climate policy and climate aid as part of its reorganization of the country's diplomatic focus, the State Department said on Friday.

The career employees in the Office of Global Change, which came under the State Department's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, played a lead role in US negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Officials from the office also represented the United States at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and their respective shipping and commercial aviation sectors.

The dismissals come after President Donald Trump said he would withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, as well as from IMO negotiations over decarbonization measures to enable the global shipping industry to reach net-zero emissions by "around 2050".

The United States belongs to the ICAO and had agreed to participate in the UN agency's Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) and a goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Trump administration, though, has recently objected to ICAO's move to boost sustainable aviation fuel.

It is not clear how or if the United States will continue to participate in these international agreements, or whether some office functions will be folded into other bureaus. The Trump administration has been aggressively rolling back existing US climate policy and dismantled the US Agency for International Development.

A State Department spokesperson said the office had supported efforts to "hobble" the US through participation in climate agreements and is "unnecessary."

There are also changes afoot at the State's Bureau of Energy Resources.

When it opened during the administration of former President Barack Obama, the bureau helped gather support from allies and partners for sanctions on Iran's oil exports. In more recent years the bureau, which has about 80 staffers, has focused on developing critical minerals and oil and gas alternatives and weaning countries off Russian fossil fuels.

Internal documents reviewed by Reuters said the Bureau of Energy Resources would be absorbed into the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs "to ensure a laser-like focus on expanding and exporting American energy."

A department spokesperson said the office grew beyond its original purpose and promoted policies "completely inconsistent with the President’s vision of American energy dominance."

The spokesperson said the bureau's functions it deems useful, such as work on securing access to critical minerals, will be preserved elsewhere in the department.