Turkey repatriates foreign terrorist to France Turkey continues extraditing captured Daesh/ISIS terrorists to their home countries

December 16, 2019   

(Anadolu) Turkey extradited a foreign terrorist fighter of France to his home country, according to a written statement by [the] Interior Ministry on Monday.

Turkey’s Interior Ministry said on Nov. 9 that the country would begin extraditing captured Daesh/ISIS terrorists to their home countries.

The issue of handling of Daesh/ISIS members and their families detained in Syria — including foreign members of the terror group — has been controversial, with Turkey arguing foreign-born terrorists should be repatriated to their countries of origin, while several European countries have refused, saying the terrorists were denationalized.

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