Baku, Azerbaijan, April 22
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Europe has refused to extradite 657 criminals to Turkey whose guilt was proven by the country's courts, Anadolu agency reported April 22.
Earlier, Turkey urged some European countries to extradite 713 criminals, however only 56 offenders were returned to Turkey.
Some 337 offenders are members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), 242 - left radical terrorist organizations, 69 - radical religious organizations, 11 - various terrorist organizations.
Turkey has officially recognized 15 entities as terrorist organizations. Ansar al-Sharia acting in Tunisia, Abdullah Azzam Brigades, Jabhat al-Nusra and Boko Haram - in Lebanon and Syria are among them.
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