(MENAFN - Trend News Agency ) Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 2

By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:

Turkish police have detained Abdulbasit Abdulaziz Hammoud, the so-called minister of communications of the 'Islamic State' (IS) terrorist group, in Turkey's Kocaeli province.

Hammoud illegally entered Turkey from Syria, the Turkish police said in a message Feb. 2.

On Jan. 24, Turkish police detained Kefah Basher Hussein, the so-called healthcare minister of the IS terrorist group, in the south-eastern Turkish province of Sanliurfa.

This is while on Jan. 12, Turkish police detained Tarik Ahmet, the so-called agriculture minister of the IS, in Turkey's Kayseri province.

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