Dozens of hostages seized by Islamic State (IS) from the Turkish consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have been freed and are back in Turkey.
The 49 were greeted by flag-waving crowds in Ankara after arriving in southern Turkey early on Saturday.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey's intelligence agency had led the operation, but gave few details.
The hostages were seized after IS militants overran Mosul in a rapid advance in June.
Turkey has refused direct involvement in the military campaign against IS partly because of fears over the hostages' safety.