Turkey deports Norwegian national for terror links Turkey continues extraditing captured Daesh/ISIS terrorists to home countries

March 19, 2020   

(Anadolu) Turkey deported another foreign terrorist fighter to his home country of Norway, [the] Turkish Interior Ministry said Thursday.

The agency said Turkey continues to deport foreign terrorists to their home countries.

The issue of the handling of Daesh/ISIS terrorists and their families detained in Syria — including foreign members of the terror group — has been controversial, with Turkey arguing foreign-born terrorists should be returned to their countries of origin.

Ankara has said several European countries resisted its efforts to send Daesh/ISIS terror group members to their countries, but it will press forward.

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