Sweden extradited a person to Turkey for the first time
Turkey of Sweden NATO when lifting the block on its membership, it made the extradition of persons wanted by Ankara from Stockholm a condition
The Swedish government has decided to extradite a person convicted of fraud in Turkey to this country.
Turkey of Sweden NATO when lifting the block on its membership, it made the extradition of persons wanted by Ankara from Stockholm a condition.
Turkey Finland and Sweden NATO while putting a block on its membership, Turkey accused these two countries of protecting people suspected of being members of the PKK.
In the negotiations with Finland and Sweden, Turkey presented a list of persons it wanted extradited to these countries.
But since then, Ankara expressed its anger that the two Scandinavian countries did not take steps in this direction.
Reuters writes that the person in question, who is in his 30s, will be the first person to be extradited to Turkey under the agreement reached in June.
A controversial issue
Sweden’s Minister of Justice Morgan Johansson said that this is a routine process, because this person was in Turkey in 2013 and 2016. bank was convicted of fraud.
According to the minister Ali Court did not find any obstacles to the fulfillment of the extradition request.
Reuters writes that it is not known whether this person is on the list provided by Turkey.
Sweden’s first on extradition news SVT channel said that the person in question bank He was sentenced to 14 years in prison in Turkey on charges of fraud.
This person, who was detained in Sweden last year, claims that he was convicted in Turkey on a false charge for converting to Christianity.