Turkey deports French national over terror links

Turkey on Tuesday deported a foreign terrorist to the home country of France, the Interior Ministry said.

A statement by the ministry recalled that Turkey continues to deport foreign terrorist fighters.

The issue of the 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 returned to their countries of origin.

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

Turkey deported almost 780 foreign terrorist fighters back to their countries of origin in 2019, according to Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu.

*Writing by Seda Sevencan