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Turkey arrested over 100 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group this week, authorities said on Friday, the latest mass detention targeting the terror organisation. The country has been hit by several major attacks claimed by IS, including a 2017 nightclub shooting that killed dozens of people. The fresh raids took place across the country, including in the capital Ankara and Turkey’s largest city Istanbul, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya posted on social media platform X. The arrest of 119 people this week follows other mass detentions, including 99 announced in early August. Since …