Turkey deports Croatian national over terror links

ANKARA Turkey on Friday deported a terrorist from Croatia back to his country of origin, the Interior Ministry said. In a statement, the ministry said the fighter was sent back as part of Ankara's ramped-up efforts to expel foreign terrorists. Turkey continues to send back foreign terrorist fighters, it added. The issue of the handling of Daesh/ISIS members and their families detained in Syria -- including foreign members of the banned terror group -- has attracted controversy, with Turkey arguing that foreign-born terrorists should be returned to their native lands. Ankara says that although several European countries have resisted its efforts to send Daesh/ISIS members back to their countries, it will nevertheless press forward. Turkey has so far deported at least 7,500 Daesh/ISIS members, with several of them held up in its prisons.