Dozens of suspected al Qaeda members detained in Turkey

Anti-terrorist police detained 15 suspects in Istanbul and 15 more in two other regions of the country, the report said without giving further details.

They also seized documents and other material during the operation, the report added.

The operations are the latest in a string of detentions in Turkey.

In August, eleven alleged members of al Qaeda were detained in southeastern Turkey, accused of establishing a group named the Muslim Revenge Brigade in order to carry out attacks. They are due to be tried later this month.

A Turkish prosecutor charged Wednesday two suspected al Qaeda members over an attack on the U.S. consulate in Istanbul in July, in which three attackers and three police officers were killed.

Al Qaeda has carried out bomb attacks in Turkey in the past. In 2003, al Qaeda militants killed more than 60 people in a series of bombings in Istanbul.