ISTANBUL: Turkish police detained 82 suspected ISIS terrorists, 77 of themforeign nationals, in raids across Istanbul, state-run Anadolu news agencyreported on Saturday.

It said counter-terror police squads targeted suspects believed to haveacted on behalf of the terror group, going to conflict zones in Syria andIraq and preparing urban attacks in Turkey.

Simultaneous police raids were carried out on 16 addresses in 10 districtsof Istanbul, the agency said, without specifying when the operation wasconducted.

The Anadolu report did not specify what evidence police had against thesuspects but said police seized digital materials and documents during theraids.

Turkey has been a partner in the U.S-led coalition against ISIS terrorists,detaining more than 5,000 ISIS suspects and deporting several thousandforeign terrorists in recent years.

Turkish police previously stepped up operations against ISIS suspects atthe end of last year ahead of the first anniversary of a New Year gunattack on a nightclub in Istanbul in which 39 people were killed.

ISIS claimed responsibility for that shooting, which was one of a series ofattacks believed to have been carried out by the terror group in Turkey inrecent years.