Turkey deports four militants to UK

Turkey has repatriated four more foreign national militants to the U.K., the Interior Ministry said. The ministry did not specify which group the fighters belonged to, but in recent months the ministry has been stressing the return of ISIS militants.

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Turkey has deported four more foreign militants to the United Kingdom, the Interior Ministry said on Dec. 13.

The ministry said the U.K. nationals were sent back to their countries of origin as part of Turkey’s ramped-up efforts to repatriate foreign militants.  

The statement did not specify which group the fighters belonged to, but in recent months the ministry has been stressing the return of ISIS militants.

Turkey has repeatedly called on European countries to take back their citizens fighting for the jihadists.

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

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said last week that there are currently 1,149 ISIS militants in Turkish prisons.