Are Turkish courts delaying trials of IS militants? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Metin Gurcan

Metin Gurcan

Jul 31, 2015

An Islamic State fighter walks near a black flag belonging to the Islamic State near the Syrian town of Kobani, pictured from the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Oct. 6, 2014. — REUTERS/Umit Bektas

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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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