Islamic State – Turkey Province

The Islamic State – Turkey Province (IS–TP; Arabic: الدولة الإسلامية – ولاية تركيا; Turkish: İslam Devleti – Türkiye Vilayeti) is a branch of the Islamic State (IS), active in Turkey. The group was formed on 10 July 2019. IS-TP is far less active than other established Islamic State provinces, notably the Islamic State – West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISIS–K).^[1]

Islamic State – Turkey Province
İslam Devleti – Türkiye Vilayeti
The logo of the IS – Turkey
Also known as	Wilayat Turkia
Leaders	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi † Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi † Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi † Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi † Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
Dates of operation	10 July 2019 – present
Ideology	Salafism Qutbism Salafi Jihadism Takfirism Anti-Shia sentiment Anti-American sentiment
Size	Unknown
Part of	Islamic State
Opponents	Turkey  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Bulgaria  Cyprus  Georgia  Greece  Iran  Russia  Ba'athist Syria  United States  Israel

History

The group was never as active as other Islamic State factions. All previous Islamic State attacks in Turkey were committed by the Dokumacılar, an unofficial cell of the Islamic State – Kurdistan Province.^[2][3]

The Turkey Province is not based on the borders of the Republic of Turkey, as the Islamic State views those borders as unnatural and made by disbelievers. The Turkey Province includes only the Turkish regions of Anatolia, while the Laz regions of the Black Sea are part of the Caucasus Province, the Arab regions of Hatay, Kilis, and Urfa are part of the Levant (Sham) Province, and the Kurdish regions are part of the Kurdistan Province.^[4]

The group carried out the 2024 Istanbul church shooting.