This LWJ report examines al Qaeda’s activities in Turkey, providing a detailed look at its targets, plots, and attacks. These activities suggest that the al Qaeda threat in Turkey persists and is concentrated on targeting Western interests, including those of the US.
Several Turks affiliated with the IJU have been killed while waging jihad in Afghanistan, and others have been arrested in foiled plots to carry out attacks against European and US targets in Europe.
Turkish jihadist websites announced the “martyrdom” of Osman Karahan, publicly known as the lawyer defending al Qaeda members in Turkey.