Despite little cooperation and assistance by Westernries over work to hinder the flow of foreign fighters traveling from Europe to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq, Turkey has been exerting great efforts to apprehend and deport potential ISIS fighters, according to Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. He said on Friday that problems have occurred owing to the fact that foreign fighters who are deported by Turkey keep coming back. "We deport them and they come back from those countries again," Çavuşoğlu said, highlighting that Turkey is doing its part in the fight against ISIS. Çavuşoğlu also added that Europe said it could not stop them due to legal restrictions. Turkey continues to be a key figure in the coalition against ISIS by making scores of contributions, one of which is diligently guarding its borders against the threat of fighters moving in and out of its territory.Turkish security forces caught 14 suspects who sought to join ISIS through Turkey in February and delivered them to their home countries. Turkey also deported dozens of foreign fighters before they could cross the border in January. Ten-thousand people from 91 countries have also been banned from entering Turkey, and 1,085 people from 74 countries have been deported for similar reasons thus far.Although efforts by Turkey in the struggle against the militants have been noticed and hailed by the U.S. and Western circles, it has recently become the target of accusations by the British government, who blame Turkey for failing to spot and catch three British girls who are thought to have crossed into Syria to join ISIS. In a bid to veil its own failure to spot the girls on time and notify officials soon enough for them to take action, Britain has held Turkish Airlines responsible for allowing the girls to board a flight to Istanbul unaccompanied.In a statement released by the counter-terrorism unit of the British police it was reported that three British girls aged 15 and 16 traveled to Istanbul on a Turkish Airlines flight that took off from London's Gatwick Airport on Feb. 17. The statement also said that there were suspicions that the girls' intended to join ISIS via Turkey. Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç claimed Turkish security forces were informed too late by their British counterparts about the issue. However, British Prime Minister David Cameron responded to Arınç's remarks that Turkey was alerted late, describing them as "not accurate." Cameron had earlier held Turkish Airlines responsible for allowing Shamima Begum, and Amira Abase, both 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, to board a flight from Gatwick Airport to Istanbul. He implied that the carrier should not have allowed the girls to fly unaccompanied. THY officials have said in a statement that it was Britain's responsibility to check the passengers and that the girls were of the legal age to travel unaccompanied. A day after Cameron's remarks, the Guardian quoted Keith Vaz, the British parliament's Home Affairs Select Committee Chairman, as saying, "The committee would like to hear from both the chief executive of Turkish Airlines and the Turkish ambassador to get their views on potential means of tackling this growing problem, of improving our collaboration on an international level, and on what we can do to help." On every possible occasion, including the NATO summit in Wales and the G20 summit in Australia, Turkish leaders have reiterated that international cooperation and intelligence sharing is vital to combat the influx of foreign fighters into ISIS-held regions in Syria and Iraq, a wish which is usually ignored by European countries. Regarding the latest incident, Turkey believes Britain has put the blame for the incident on Turkey to dodge responsibility. Sabah newspaper reported that Turkish sources denied claims by London police that they had alerted Turkey one day after the girls flew to Istanbul. The sources told Sabah that British authorities sent an informal email to the Turkish embassy, contrary to formal procedures, in London on Feb. 18, one day after their flight. However, as they had sent the email after working hours, Turkish embassy staff could only alert Turkish security forces on February 19. Turkey contacted Interpol over the matter and Interpol responded that Britain had not informed them. The United Kingdom Home Office only informed Turkish authorities on February 20, according to sources quoted by Sabah. Meanwhile, Turkish airlines released a statement on Friday saying: "Turkish Airlines, within the rules of The International Air Transport Association (IATA), provides opportunity for passengers ages between 12 to 18 to travel alone. The procedures of THY over this issue matches with practices of national and international aviation authorities along with laws regarding British aviation security." Contributed by Yahya Bostan