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Turkey says deported 1,000 foreign fighters

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Turkey has deported over 1,000 foreign fighters from 75 countries in the fight against terror groups, the Turkish foreign minister said today.

"Turkey has had to suffer a large part and has had to bear the lion's share of this burden. We've had to allocate resources for the detecting and deporting (of) more than 1,000 foreign terrorist fighters from almost 75 countries," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a global counter-terrorism forum.

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First Published: Sep 23 2014 | 10:25 PM IST

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