Yesterday Turkey’s Justice and Interior Ministries denied reports that they had been “negligent” in their pursuit of wanted FETÖ members. They explained that difficulties had been caused by complications with INTERPOL rather than deficiencies in the Turkish justice system.
After the 2016 coup, Turkey has sought to arrest and extradite anyone associated with FETÖ, a group linked to cleric Fetullah Gülen. Members’ passports were cancelled by the Turkish government; however, the INTERPOL General Secretariat removed Turkey’s authority to add data or circulate Red Notices on the INTERPOL database. Turkey has since accused INTERPOL of denying the actions of FETÖ members which they say amount to terrorism offences. Despite the complications, the Justice and Interior Ministries in Turkey have explained that they will continue to trace fugitives and have them returned to Turkey using “the reciprocity principle”.
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