Turkey requests Kurd leader’s deportation from Czech Republic


FE Team | Published: February 26, 2018 15:21:47 | Updated: February 27, 2018 12:21:55


Saleh Muslim, Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) leader (REUTERS)

Turkey has officially requested the extradition of former Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) leader Saleh Muslim from the Czech Republic, Ankara’s government spokesman said on Monday.

A day earlier, authorities arrested Muslim in Prague, reports the Reuters news agency.

Speaking during an interview with broadcaster NTV, Bekir Bozdag said Turkey’s justice ministry had delivered the extradition request to Czech authorities and added Muslim would appear in court on Monday.

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