Turkey refuses Swedish extradition request for 'Kurdish Fox'
Turkey has denied an extradition request from Sweden - an ironic reversal of events given Ankara's slew of extradition requests to Sweden as it bids to join NATO.
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Turkey has denied an extradition request from Sweden - an ironic reversal of events given Ankara's slew of extradition requests to Sweden as it bids to join NATO.
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On April 6, Sweden made the decision to extradite a Turkish citizen who is wanted by the Turkish government. Is Sweden appeasing Ankara for selfish reasons?
Sweden said Thursday it would extradite a Turkish citizen wanted by Ankara but rejected another request, with extraditions being one of Ankara's key demands to ratify Stockholm's NATO membership.
Amid the NATO bid, Sweden's justice ministry says it had agreed to the extradition of Omer Altun, a 29-year-old Turkish citizen sentenced last year by a Turkish court to 15 years in prison.