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Ali Yerlikaya

Ali Yerlikaya

Turkish Interior Minister

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The operation in Yalova was carried out with great care because women and children were inside the house where the militants were located.

Stories

Turkey's new year ISIS raids turn deadly

Force in Play

Overseeing nationwide ISIS crackdown

A six-hour gun battle at 2am in a Turkish village left three police officers and six ISIS militants dead on December 30. Officers İlker Pehlivan, Turgut Külünk, and Yasin Koçyiğit died storming a house in Elmalik where militants used women and children as human shields, refusing police pleas to surrender. Eight more officers and a night watchman were wounded before the standoff ended at 9:40am with all five women and six children evacuated safely.

Updated Dec 30, 2025