Hawzah News Agency - During the the raids conducted in the Western Turkish city of Izmir, police also seized several ISIL documents, Hurriyet reported.

Two of the arrested were reportedly of Syrian origin.

The suspects were sent to the police anti-terror department for further questioning, the newspaper specified.

Turkey has been under the State of Emergency since the failed military coup of July 2016. Thousands of activists, academics, members of judiciary and political opponents, as well as members of militants groups

have been purged and subjected to strict security laws.