Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the United States was “working on” extraditing Fethullah Gulen, the Muslim religious leader who is wanted in Turkey on charges that he instigated a failed coup that occurred in 2016. Mr. Gulen has lived in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since the 1990s. Mr. Cavusoglu said that, during […]
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The UK Judge John Zani rejected an extradition request issued by Turkey for Hamdi Akin İpek and three other Turkish nationals. The judge reasoned his decision as the request was “politically motivated”, and also on the grounds that extraditing would lead to a real risk of breaches of Article III of […]
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The Uzbek citizens Mamatkulov and Askarov, members of the ERK “Freedom Party”, an opposition party in Uzbekistan, lodged two applications at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against Turkey by relying on Art. 2, 3 and 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Mr. Mamatkulov was arrested by Turkish police […]
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A Greek court decided on Tuesday to extradite three Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after a failed coup against President Tayyip Erdogan in July. Turkey’s government has requested the rapid extradition of the eight men, whom it has described as traitors, to face charges of trying to overthrow the country’s […]
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Turkish PM Binali Yildirim confirmed on Tuesday that a formal extradition request for Fethullah Gulen has been sent to the US. Mr Yildirim has been accused by Erdogan of being linked to Friday’s coup attempt. Mr Gulen, a Turkish cleric who has lived for years in exile in Pennsylvania has denied any involvement, and has accused Erdogan […]
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