Finland has refused to extradite people Turkey considers terrorists

Ankara is currently blocking the admission of Finland and Sweden to NATO because it believes that it supports and gives refuge to persons wanted by Turkey

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Finland's Ministry of Justice has rejected requests to extradite people Ankara considers terrorists.

"Finland has not agreed to extradite to Turkey people who, according to Ankara, were connected to the Gulen movement or the Kurdish organization PKK, which they consider terrorists," Ukrinform reported in the writing of the Finnish newspaper "Ile".

These are extradition requests submitted by Turkey to Finland from 2019 to 2022.

By the beginning of June this year, Finland had received ten extradition requests from Turkey.

"Finland has extradited two people, but according to the documents on these extraditions, it seems that there were no signs of terrorism," the text of the Finnish newspaper points out.

Turkey, among others, is seeking the extradition from Finland of a man convicted of setting fire to the embassy in Helsinki.

Ankara is currently blocking the admission of Finland and Sweden to NATO because it believes that it supports and gives refuge to persons wanted by Turkey.

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