Turkish hostages held by ISIS in Iraq released says PM Davutoglu

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday that the Turkish hostages held by Islamic State in Iraq and Levant ISIL terrorists in northern Iraq were freed, private Dogan news agency reported.

Davutoglu, who is visiting Azerbaijan, said that he decided to shorten his trip to Baku and will meet the released Turkish hostages in southern Sanliurfa province in southeastern Turkey.

“Today at 5 a.m. we brought our citizens who were detained in Iraq to our country, ” Davutoglu said.

A group of ISIL armed attackers took control of the Turkish consulate in Mosul in Iraq on June 11, and abducted 49 people including the consul general, staff and their family members.