ISIS has recently released a video calling Turkish people to "conquer" Istanbul and Turkey from the ones who cooperate with the West, while referring to President Erdogan as "Satan" who allegedly sold the country to the U.S. and Western powers and harshly criticized him for supporting the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS. Speaking in Turkish, the ISIS terrorist says that it is necessary for the people of Turkey to rebel against the "atheists, crusaders and Satans who fool them and make them a slave to the crusaders" before it is too late. "You first need to repent from all the reasons –which are caused by this treacherous Satan (Erdogan) and his friends- that bother you" said the militant, and added that Turkish people should refuse to accept democracy, secularism, human laws, and all types of other evils. Since July 24, around 1,600 people have been arrested in a wave of counter-terrorism raids, amid a spike in attacks targeting police and the army after a July 20 deadly suicide bombing in the southeastern Suruç district which killed 32 civilians. Police have been carrying out nationwide anti-terror operations to apprehend suspected PKK, ISIS, and DHKP-C militants-all three are designated terrorist organizations in Turkey, Daily Sabah reports.
