Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly denounced Czech President Miloš Zeman’s claims that Turkey was a de facto ally of the Islamic State. The ministry’s spokesman said the statements are false and insulting, both to the country and its president. The Czech head of state said on Tuesday that despite seeking EU membership ...
Prague, March 12 (CTK) – The Czech police made no mistake and committed no crime by detaining Kurdish politician Saleh Muslim recently, as the step was consented by a state attorney’s office that had all information about the detained man, General Inspection of Security Corps (GIBS) spokesman Ivo Mitacek said today. The GIBS checked ...
Prague, March 1 (CTK) – Interior Minister Lubomir Metnar (for ANO) has ordered a check of the steps taken by the Czech police who arrested Syrian-Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim on Saturday based on an international arrest warrant from Turkey, he told parliament during the regular questioning of ministers today. MP Marek Vyborny (opposition Christian ...
Prague, Feb 27 (CTK) – The Czech Republic rejects the accusation of support for international terrorism in connection with the release of Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim, the Foreign Ministry said today in reaction to a diplomatic note in which Turkey’s complains about a Czech court’s verdict. The Prague Municipal Court released today Muslim, ...
Prague, Feb 27 (CTK) – Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim considers his release a decision by an independent Czech court that does not succumb to political pressures, he told CTK at a meeting with reporters today. The Prague Municipal Court released Muslim, 67, who was detained on the basis of an international warrant of ...
A Czech court on Tuesday released prominent Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim, who was detained at the weekend and is wanted by Turkey on terror charges, his lawyer said. “The judge released my client,” lawyer Miroslav Krutina told reporters. He said Muslim has vowed to participate in all extradition proceedings requested by Turkey. ...
Prague/Ankara, Feb 27 (CTK) – The Prague Municipal Court released from prison Syrian Kurd leader Saleh Muslim, detained on the basis of an international warrant of arrest in Prague on Saturday, whose extradition is sought by Turkey, today, Muslim’s lawyer Miroslav Krutina has told journalists. The State Attorney’s Office proposed that Muslim be remanded ...
Prague, Feb 26 (CTK) – The release of Kurdish politician Salih Muslim, detained in Prague on Saturday, could have a negative influence on Czech-Turkish relations, Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Bigali told journalists today. Turkey respects independence of Czech courts, but the man is suspected of terrorism, Bigali said. Unfortunately, this [Muslim’s release] would be ...
Prague, Feb 26 (CTK) – Jaroslav Pytloun, a judge of the Municipal Court in Prague, will decide on whether to take into custody Kurdish leader Salih Muslim, whose extradition is demanded by Turkey, on Tuesday, court spokeswoman Marketa Puci told journalists today. She confirmed that Muslim was the foreigner detained by the Prague police ...
