Turkey seeks extradition of PYD/PKK’s former co-leader
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 25 February 2018
- Modified Date: 05:24 | 25 February 2018
Turkey on Sunday called on Czech Republic to extradite the former co-leader of PYD/PKK terror group Salih Muslim, Turkish ambassador to Prague said.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Ahmet Necati Bigali said he talked to a Czech deputy foreign minister over the phone and conveyed his country's extradition demand. He did not give the name of the deputy minister.
He said the deputy foreign minister would submit Turkey's demand to the first deputy justice minister.
Muslim, who was arrested in the Czech capital on Sunday, is under police custody, he added.
Turkish authorities have begun preparations for the extradition of Muslim, Bigali noted, and said the judicial process would start when Czech authorities received Turkey's extradition request.
He also underscored the "cooperation" of Czech Republic with Turkey over the issue.
Turkey's Interior Ministry had offered a bounty of nearly $1 million on Muslim who is listed as a most wanted terrorist.