Turkey formally requests former PYD co-leader's extradition
Turkish security officials and the Ministry of Justice have begun the administrative process for the extradition of Muslum, Deputy Prime Minister Bozdağ said in his televised remarks on Monday.
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 26 February 2018
- Modified Date: 01:00 | 26 February 2018
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ says Ankara has submitted documents to the Czech authorities formally requesting the extradition of the former leader of PYD which is Syrian off-shoot of PKK that has waged a terror campaign against Turkish state for over three decades.
Salih Muslum, former co-chair of the PYD, was detained in the Czech capital of Prague on Saturday under an Interpol red notice based on a Turkish request for his arrest.
Turkey considers the PYD a "terrorist group" linked to the PKK terror group fighting within Turkey's own borders. Muslum was put on Turkey's most-wanted list earlier in February with a $1 million reward.
Bozdağ said during a live television interview Monday that Turkey's Justice Ministry had sent a "file" formally requesting his extradition.