News reports are flowing in of Turkish police arresting 120 al-Qaeda terror suspects.

The news came from the state-run Anatolia new agency. The news agency did not quote any names but said there were simultaneous raids in 16 provinces. Private NTV television said at least 120 people were taken away for questioning.

the Agency also have said that there was a University faculty member also amongst the detained who is suspected of recruiting young students from University and sending them to Afghanistan to training camps.

Turkish Islamic militants tied to the al Qaeda carried out suicide bombings in Istanbul, killing 58 people in 2003.

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