Thousands of foreign
fighters from countries including Turkey, Britain, Europe and the United States
have joined the Islamist militants in their self-proclaimed caliphate in recent
years, many of them passing through Turkey.
Turkey has arrested 815
people since the start of 2016 in its fight against Islamic State, and more
than half of those were foreigners, Interior Minister Efkan Ala said in remarks
broadcast on Turkish television channels on Wednesday.
Turkey has since launched a
crackdown on the networks facilitating their passage.
Since launching the
crackdown, Turkey has detained a total of 5,803 people, of which about 2,200
were foreigners, the minister said, without giving a precise period.
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