![Suspected Al Qaeda members are arrested by Turkish police after an operation earlier in the region. [guardian]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_standard/public/im/Turkey/Turkish-police-arrest-120-001.jpg?itok=IJaePpzm "Suspected Al Qaeda members are arrested by Turkish police after an operation earlier in the region. [guardian]")
Turkish police investigating suspected al-Qaida terrorists said they detained 16 people in raids in four provinces Tuesday.
Police units, after an 18-month long investigation by the Erzurum Prosecutor's office, raided locations in Erzincan, Konya, Diyarbakir and Istanbul provinces.
Police have intensified their search for al-Qaida operatives in Turkey in recent months, with several people linked to al-Qaida operations in Syria and Afghanistan arrested in October, Today's Zaman reported Tuesday.
