{"id":5878,"date":"2025-04-02T14:15:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T14:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/thessaloniki-court-agrees-to-extradite-murder-suspect-to-turkey\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T14:15:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T14:15:46","slug":"thessaloniki-court-agrees-to-extradite-murder-suspect-to-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/thessaloniki-court-agrees-to-extradite-murder-suspect-to-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Thessaloniki court agrees to extradite murder suspect to Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1265942\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thessaloniki_court_web-320x200.jpg?v=1671447320\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thessaloniki_court_web.jpg?v=1671447320\" alt=\"Thessaloniki court agrees to extradite murder suspect to Turkey\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thessaloniki_court_web-960x600.jpg?v=1671447320\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[File photo]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A Thessaloniki court has granted a request from the Turkish authorities for the extradition of a Turkish national, who is accused of committing a murder in early 2019 in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old suspect, who is serving a six-year prison sentence for drug trafficking, denied the charges against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no connection with the murder, nor do I know the victim,\u201d he told the court, claiming that the charges are related to his political activities.<\/p>\n<p>Through his lawyer, he stated that he is a member of the pro-Kurdish DEM party and participated in a large online campaign in support of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu last year.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect said he would appeal his extradition order to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Imamoglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan\u2019s main rival, was arrested and jailed last month on corruption charges, in a move widely condemned as politically motivated.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/foreign-policy\/1265942\/thessaloniki-court-agrees-to-extradite-man-to-turkey\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[File photo] A Thessaloniki court has granted a request from the Turkish authorities for the extradition of a Turkish national, who is accused of committing a murder in early 2019 in Istanbul. 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