MojNews-Turkey deported three foreign terrorist fighters to Germany, the Turkish Interior Ministry announced Wednesday.

The terrorists, who were found to be German nationals, were sent back to their country as part of Turkey&#۳۹;s ramped-up efforts to repatriate foreign terrorist fighters, the ministry said in a statement.

Turkey continues to deport 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 terror group -- has been controversial, with Turkey arguing foreign-born terrorists should be returned to their countries of origin.