Turkey to send 11 ISIS detainees back to France in December
Turkey will repatriate 11 French ISIS detainees
early in December, state media quoted Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu as
saying on Thursday, as Ankara pressed on with a repatriation program that had
strained ties with some of its allies.
Turkey begun the process of repatriating the ISIS
detainees earlier this month, sending several suspects to their home countries
despite calls from some European nations that the suspected jihadists should be
tried where they committed crimes.
Ankara has repeatedly threatened to send ISIS
prisoners back to Europe. In early November, Soylu said Turkey will send
captured ISIS members back to their countries even if their citizenships have
been revoked, criticizing the approach of European countries on the issue.
“We will send back those in our hands, but the world
has come up with a new method now: revoking their citizenships,” Soylu said.
“They are saying they should be tried where they have been caught. This is a
new form of international law, I guess.”
