Turkey: 7,833 suspects on govt list for ISIL links.

Turkey: 7,833 suspects on govt list for ISIL links.(Taz).

Turkey’s will to fight terrorism should not be questioned especially since the country itself has been affected by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorist group in various ways, Turkish Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, Anadolu agency reported.

Addressing a weekly briefing at the ministry’s headquarters in Ankara, spokesperson Tanju Bilgic said Turkey had so far deported 1,056 people who came from abroad and tried to enter Syria illegally.

"We have a list that contains 7,833 people from 90 countries, who are suspected of trying to join ISIL," Bilgic said.

EU’s law-enforcement agency Europol estimates there are between 10,000 and 12,000 foreign fighters who have been recruited recently by the ISIL terrorist group. An estimated 2,500 of them are of European origin.

The spokesperson refuted claims that after the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris, Turkey became a "transitional" country for foreign fighters to join ISIL's terrorist activities in Syria.

"Turkey has been affected by ISIL terror in various ways," Bilgic said. "Therefore, Turkey's will to fight terrorism should not be questioned."

“The bloody-minded regime in Syria caused ISIL to take advantage of the vacuum in the country," he said. "Therefore, the root cause of the ISIL terror has to be removed and a democratic regime has to be established."