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Turkiye captures 10 ISIS suspects in Syria, including figure linked to Ankara train station attack
Turkiye's National Intelligence Organisation (MIT), in a joint operation with Syrian intelligence, has captured 10 ISIS suspects in Syria wanted under Interpol Red Notices. The high-value detainees transferred to Turkiye include Ali Bora, the group's intelligence chief for Turkiye, and Omer Deniz Dundar, a key operative linked to the devastating 2015 Ankara train station bombing that killed over 100 people.
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by News Desk
2026-05-23
Turkiye captures 10 ISIS suspects in Syria, including figure linked to Ankara train station attack

Detailed Report

  • The Cross-Border Operation: Turkiye’s National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) has executed a highly successful, targeted cross-border operation in Syria to capture 10 high-profile ISIS (Daesh) suspects. Working in direct coordination with Syrian intelligence authorities, Turkish security field teams tracked the movements of the suspects—all of whom had originally crossed from Turkiye into Syria to join the terrorist group—before executing synchronous raids to arrest and transfer them back to Turkiye for formal prosecution.

  • The Intelligence Chief Apprehended: Among the most significant captures is Ali Bora, a high-value terrorist wanted globally under an Interpol Red Notice. Turkish intelligence officials identified Bora as ISIS’s intelligence chief for all of Turkiye. Having joined the terrorist ranks in 2014, Bora had been a key figure in plotting multiple asymmetric attacks, supervising internal operational security, managing radicalization networks, and administering clandestine logistics cells inside Turkish borders.

  • The 2015 Ankara Train Station Link: The operation also successfully neutralized Omer Deniz Dundar, a prominent operative directly linked to the network responsible for the catastrophic October 10, 2015 Ankara train station suicide bombing, which killed more than 100 people and wounded roughly 500 others in one of the deadliest terror events in modern Turkish history. Dundar, who integrated into ISIS in 2014, had previously seen his operational footings exposed when Turkish security forces uncovered explosive caches tied to him during an unrelated domestic counter-terror raid in 2017.

  • Dismantling the Operational Ranks: The remaining eight captured suspects were identified as active combatants and logistics coordinators within the crumbling infrastructure of the terrorist group. Individuals including Huseyin Peri, Kadir Gozukara, Abdullah Cobanoglu, Hakki Yuksek, Cekdar Yılmaz, Murat Ozdemir, and Ishak Gunci had been integrated into combat, support, and administrative wings. Following their extradition, a Turkish court officially formally arrested nine of the detainees, extending the initial investigative custody period for the remaining suspect as security teams analyze seized digital hardware and training manuals.
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