Turkey holds six foreign jihadis to

ankara - Turkish police on Saturday arrested six foreigners on suspicion of membership of terrorist organization Islamic State.

The operation was designed in the Konya region in the middle of the country to prevent the cell of the extremist movement came to deeds, informed the provincial government.

Turkey maintains IS responsible for several bloody bombings that Ankara and Istanbul have taken in recent months. Turkey, as an important way station for jihad goers en route to IS-territory in Syria.

The arrests were a few hours prior to the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU President Donald Tusk to Turkey. They include among others pile height in Gaziantep, which borders by IS occupied parts of Syria.

The nationality of the six suspects was not disclosed.