Türkiye requests extradition of 45 terrorists from Finland, Sweden
Fevzi Kızılkoyun – ISTANBUL
Türkiye has prepared a file with 45 terrorists that the country has asked Finland and Sweden to extradite for years, but no step was taken in return.
According to the file, the number of terrorists requested has been extradited from Finland 12. Six of them are members of the terrorist organization PKK and four of them are members of FETÖ, the group declared responsible for the failed military coup in 2016 against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Türkiye accuses Sweden of protecting about 33 terrorists in the country. Most of them are PKK members, while the rest are supporters of FETÖ, DHKP-C and TİKKO.
According to sources, Sweden, which has refused many extradition demands from Türkiye so far, has recently put 11 files on ice.
“Türkiye asked nine FETÖ and two PKK members for extradition, but Sweden has not given an answer,” say sources.
Among these terror suspects are Bülent Keneş, Levent Kenez and Harun Tokak from FETÖ and Derdiye Kül and Nuray Şen from PKK.
Türkiye has also discovered that Sweden, despite the extradition request, has granted citizenship to seven terrorists who were applied for with a red message.
According to Ankara, PKK members Halef Tak, İsmet Kayhan, Aysen Alhan and Mehmet Sıraç and TİKKO members Neriman Candan and Mustafa Candan were granted Swedish citizenship by THKPC militant Hamza Yalçın.
Sweden “took the only positive step towards Turkey’s demands” in 2015 by expelling PKK terrorist Mehmet Emin Çiçek.
“He was extradited to Turkey on February 17, 2015,” the file said.