(AP) -- A security directorate statement released on Thursday also said police seized 66 improvised explosive devices during the anti-Isis operations conducted in 25 provinces across Turkey.

The statement said that of the alleged Isis militants caught, 96 are Turkish citizens while 187 others are foreign nationals. It didn't provide information on their nationalities.

Isis has been blamed for several deadly attacks in Turkey that killed more than 300 people since 2015.

Along with combatting the extremist group's cells inside its borders, Turkey launched a military operation in northern Syria in August 2016 to clear a border zone of Isis members after a deadly suicide attack targeted a wedding party.

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