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Are Turkish courts delaying trials of IS militants?

Although the latest wave of detentions of Islamic State militants and sympathizers have pleased the Turkish public, lawyer Ali Cil questions the handling of the Turkish judiciary in the Nigde case so far.
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Recently, more than 1,000 IS militants and sympathizers have been detained in Turkey in various police operations.

The pro-government media have been jubilantly celebrating this wave of detentions as a major victory against the Islamic State (IS). But as I noted in my Al-Monitor article on July 13, given the faltering of the Turkish judicial system in dealing with IS, the real question will be the legal process such as indictments and the trials.

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