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A court in the Central Anatolian province of Eskisehir has arrested an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) "commander" after police detained him as part of an anti-ISIL investigation carried out by Eskisehir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, according to Hurriyet Daily News.
The 41-year-old Iraqi man, identified only by the initials as C.E.T., was arrested on Aug. 26 after being apprehended in a police raid on a hotel in central Eskisehir, Hurriyet Daily News wrote.
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Four others caught over their links to C.E.T. were sent to a deportation center after their legal procedures at a police headquarters were completed.