A 35-year-old man was sentenced to prison in Turkey in 2014. Sweden and Turkey will meet at the NATO negotiating table next week.
On Tuesday, the Swedish Supreme Court approved the extradition of a supporter of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to Turkey, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reports. With the alignment, the Swedish government can now make a decision on a possible handover.
The Supreme Court made its decision just before Sweden and Turkey meet at the NATO negotiating table next week. Turkey and Hungary have not yet accepted Sweden’s NATO membership.
According to the newspaper, the 35-year-old man in question was sentenced to four years and seven months in prison in Turkey in 2014 for a drug crime. He was paroled a couple of years later and moved to Sweden. Turkey now demands that the man serve the rest of his sentence in Turkey.
However, according to the man himself, the demand for extradition is related to the fact that he has openly shown that he supports the PKK.