15 spies for Israel's Mossad arrested, reports Turkish press
Turkey's Sabah newspaper reported that a 15-member spy network was arrested on Oct. 15 in an operation carried out across four Turkish provinces.
Turkish authorities arrested 15 people earlier this month who are accused of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Turkish media outlets reported on Thursday.
Turkey’s Sabah newspaper reported that some 200 intelligence officers monitored the alleged Israeli intelligence network, which authorities say targeted both critics of Israel and foreign students living in Turkey.
According to the pro-government newspaper, the network consisted of five cells of three people each that operated in different parts of the country. Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) reportedly tracked them for more than a year and on Oct. 7, nabbed the 15-member group in a secret operation carried out across four Turkish provinces.
The report said the spies had gathered information on students at Turkish universities, including Palestinians and “especially those who they think could work in the defense industry in the future.”
