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The Grand Turk
Turkey seeks extradition of UK barrister over ‘spreading propaganda’
2019-05-22
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A British barrister is facing possible extradition to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the most dubious NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure....
ally....

on terrorism charges over his Twitter activity, The Guardian reported on Monday.

Ozcan Keles, a UK citizen of Ottoman Turkish descent, was accused of allegedly spreading propaganda online, according to the British daily newspaper.

Turkey’s attempt to get Keles extradited is the latest in a series of previous attempts against critics or opponents of the Ottoman Turkish president, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
Turkey has previously urged the UK to extradite those who were allegedly involved in the 2016 failed military coup attempt.

According to The Guardian, the extradition request alleges that Keles is a member of Feto, an organization that Turkey claims is associated with Gulen and the failed coup. The UK does not list it as a terrorist organization.

Turkey’s extradition request claims that Keles shared photos and videos of Gulen on social media as propaganda, something that the barrister denies.

Previous extradition attempts haven’t succeeded due to conclusions that the request was politically motivated or that Turkey’s prison system breaches human rights
...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless...


Posted by:Fred

#5  When will NATO be abolished?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-05-22 07:56  

#4  When are they getting booted out of NATO?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-05-22 07:39  

#3  I recommend Ozcan Keles not approach the Turkish embassy lest he be Khashoggied by Turkey in an attempt to outdo Saudi Arabia and not get caught.
Posted by: boomerc   2019-05-22 05:16  

#2  I'm so old I remember...

Memory fades with age Steve.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-05-22 02:31  

#1  I'm so old I remember when Turkey was looked upon as an example of a modern, secular, Muslim nation. Or at least a time when such a thing was considered possible.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-05-22 00:48  

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