Türkiye updates extradition requests for FETÖ suspects: Justice minister
Türkiye has sent updated extradition files and renewed requests to countries hosting senior members of the FETÖ terrorist organization, Justice Minister Akın Gürlek has announced.
“To date, a total of 2,950 extradition requests concerning 2,765 individuals linked to FETÖ and the PYD have been submitted by the Justice Ministry to 119 countries,” Gürlek told Sabah newspaper in an interview published on June 16.
Following the failed coup attempt in 2016, Türkiye designated FETÖ as a terrorist organization. The July 15 coup attempt, which will mark its 10th anniversary this year, left more than 250 people dead.
In the immediate aftermath of the attempt, many senior figures and members of the organization fled abroad.
