The Turkish Interior Minister said the country would start sending captured IS fighters in Syria back to their homeland on November 11.

"We told them: 'We will repatriate these people to you' and we will start from November 11," Turkish state news agency Anadolu quoted Interior Minister Suleyman. Soylu today said. Turkey has informed the governments of the countries about repatriation.

Turkey has long criticized its European allies for refusing to accept IS militants even if they were their citizens. The country has repeatedly warned it will repatriate jihadists even though it has been deprived of its nationality.

After conducting a military campaign in northeast Syria against Kurdish militias last month, Turkey took over IS prisoners held by its forces. Some IS fighters are believed to have been in danger when the chaos escaped from prison. Turkey has stopped its military operation and is patrolling on the Syrian border with Russia after asking the Kurds to withdraw.

The Turkish government has frequently called on European countries to accept IS fighters as citizens, but many governments do not want to do so because of concerns about security and public backlash.