Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag announced that extradition requests for “terrorists” would again be sent to Sweden and Finland, explaining that “Turkey has shown a worthy stance in defending its rights and laws before accepting the request.”

He indicated during his participation in a number of different programs in the state of Kutahya that “Sweden and Finland have listened to the demands of Turkey in the fight against a terrorist organization, but we will again send requests for the extradition of terrorists to see if they will be sincere in the fight against terrorism or no?” adding: “The claims of 10 Hizmet terrorists and 10 PKK terrorists that the Ministry of Justice requested from Sweden have been revised. Similarly, we have decided to resubmit our claims for up to 6 PKK terrorists and 6 Hizmet terrorists in Finland.”

Bozdag stressed that if Sweden and Finland do not stand up against terrorist organizations such as the PKK, Service Movement, Democratic Union and others, and if they do not support Turkey’s struggle, Turkey will not say yes to their NATO membership.