Three Turkish police, six Islamic State militants killed in clash, amid national crackdown

Turkish gendarmerie special forces team leaves the site where Turkish security forces launched an operation on a house believed to contain suspected Islamic State militants, and where, according to state media, seven officers were wounded in a clash, in Yalova province, Turkey, December 29, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

YALOVA, Turkey, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Three ‌Turkish police officers and six Islamic State militants were killed in a gunfight in northwest Turkey on Monday, ‌the Interior Minister said, a week after more than 100 suspected IS members were detained for planning ‌Christmas and New Year attacks.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said eight police and another security force member were wounded in a raid on a property in the town of Yalova, on the Sea of Marmara coast south of Istanbul. More than 100 addresses were raided nationwide early on Monday.