Turkey thwarts Islamic State’s New Year’s Eve jihad suicide attack plots in Turkey and Europe
The jihadis were trying to “gain morale and create fear.”
Why would they want to “create fear”? It’s a Qur’anic command.
“Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60)
It also must be borne in mind that when it comes to Erdogan versus ISIS, it’s just a turf war:
Turkey thwarts Islamic state group’s New Year’s Eve suicide attack plot
by Anil Can Tuncer, Euro News, December 23, 2025:
Turkish intelligence captured an IS member assigned to carry out suicide attacks in Turkey and Europe, as authorities warned of possible New Year’s Eve attack plots. Ten suspects were detained for financing the network.
Turkey’s national intelligence agency MIT captured Mehmet Gören, a senior IS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) member assigned to carry out suicide attacks targeting civilians in Turkey, Europe, Pakistan and Afghanistan, security sources said Tuesday….
Intelligence findings indicated Gören had agreed to carry out suicide attacks and had risen to a managerial position within ISIS-K after operating in training camps along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. He reportedly survived airstrikes targeting IS militants in Pakistan.
Gören had been operating alongside Özgür Altun, codenamed “Abu Yasir Al Turki”, who previously played an active role in transferring IS members from Turkey to the Afghanistan-Pakistan region and was earlier captured and arrested, sources said.
Internal correspondence from Ankara Provincial Gendarmerie Command dated 19 December warned that IS was seeking to carry out attacks in crowded areas on New Year’s Eve, according to a report by Cumhuriyet newspaper….
The warning was attributed to the organisation’s efforts to “gain morale and create fear” after its ability to carry out attacks was weakened by operations in Turkey and abroad.
Separately, Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants for 10 suspects in an investigation into the IS group’s financial structure, authorities said Tuesday….
Suspects provided cash to IS members and their families in conflict zones in Syria through bank accounts with explanations such as “call for unity, atonement, aid for captive sisters,” investigators said.
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