Süleyman Soylu

Turkey has deported 7,918 foreign terrorists of 102 different nationalities so far, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Feb. 27.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Soylu stated that Turkey also banned the entry of over 90,000 foreigners affiliated with terrorist organizations. 

Germany and the Netherlands have pledged to accept ISIL members and their families captured by Turkey, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Nov. 13 as Ankara started to repatriate the fighters this week.

Foreign ISIL members being held by Turkey will be repatriated even if their citizenships have been revoked by their governments, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Nov. 4.

Turkey hosts maximum number of refugees and is currently home to five million displaced people, including 3.6 million Syrians, Turkey's Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Oct. 3.

The number of Syrian migrants in Turkey has surpassed 3.6 million, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said, while adding that more than 350,000 people have returned to their war-hit country following Turkey's cross-border security operations.

The government can appoint trustees to municipalities only if the mayors in question are proven to have links with terrorist organizations, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said, saying that removing the Istanbul and Ankara mayors was out of question. 

Turkey has launched 80,570 counterterrorism operations against the outlawed PKK in the first eight months of 2019, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Aug. 22

Turkey has a lot of ground to cover on refugee adaptation, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on June 18.  

A suspect believed to have sexually abused a 5-year-old girl in Istanbul's Küçükçekmece district on April 22 has been caught, said Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on April 25.

The voting ended for local elections in all 81 provinces across Turkey at 5 p.m. local time (1400GMT) on March 31.