Turkey announced today, Monday, the deportation of 11 ISIS operatives to France of their nationality, as part of the policy of "returning foreign fighters to their countries of origin".
The Turkish Ministry of Interior started before the period of deporting foreign fighters to their countries. Many of these belong to European countries.
Turkey says it is holding in the deportation centers more than 1,200 foreign elements of the Islamic State, and stresses that it will transfer them consecutively to the countries of their nationalities.
A judicial source in France confirmed that four women and their seven children arrived in France Monday morning.
Ankara criticized Western countries for refusing to take back their citizens who left them to join ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
Earlier, Turkish Interior Ministry spokesman Ismail Gatakli said, "Turkey is not an open prison for anyone or a hotel," noting that the Turkish authorities will deport all suspects to their countries.
The move would force European capitals to decide how to deal with the return of militants who have embraced militant ideology, including from
Gain experience on the battlefields.
The following is a list of the numbers of displaced persons and the countries to which they have been deported so far:
Denmark: One item on 11/11/2019
America: One item on 11/14/2019
Germany: 12 elements, 7 departed on 14/11/2019, and 5 on 12/12/2019
Britain: One item on 14/14/2019
Netherlands: Two elements on 11/19/2019
Belgium: Two elements on 11/29/2019
Ireland: One item on 01/12/2019
Australia: One item on 08/12/2019
France: 11 elements on 09/12/2019
Besides western countries, Turkey says it is holding fighters of the nationalities of Iraq, Syria, Russia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Egypt, Afghanistan, Tunisia and Ukraine.