Turkish security forces Arrest Istanbul nightclub Attack Suspect

Hurriyet daily newspaper announced that the attacker, named in local reports as Abdulkadir Masharipov, was captured in Esenyurt, Istanbul.

The Istanbul club assault on New Year's Eve was completed professionally and a knowledge association was included, Turkey's appointee leader has said.

The New Year's Eve Istanbul nightclub attacker who police believed killed 39 people was today arrested by Turkish

security forces.

Authorities have arrested about three dozen people around the country since the attack on the upmarket club in the hours after revellers rang in the new year.

Kurtulmus said during an interview with broadcaster A Haber, "It was an extremely planned and organized act". Turkish media reported on Monday that he was detained in Istanbul.

Uighurs are Turkic-speaking Muslims from the restive Xinjiang region of far-western China.

The Islamic State terror group claimed responsibility, saying the attack was payback for Turkish military operations in northern Syria.