Hands Off Cain
NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·SEPTEMBER 4, 2002
Belgium

Turkey Foreign Minister Sukru Sina Gurel, on a visit...

Turkey Foreign Minister Sukru Sina Gurel, on a visit to Brussels as part of the action plan to explain Turkey's efforts to fulfil Copenhagen Criteria, asked Belgian Minister for European Affairs Annemie Neyts to extradite Fehriye Erdal, suspected of Ozdem

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Turkey Foreign Minister Sukru Sina Gurel, on a visit to Brussels as part of the action plan to explain Turkey's efforts to fulfil Copenhagen Criteria, asked Belgian Minister for European Affairs Annemie Neyts to extradite Fehriye Erdal, suspected of Ozdemir Sabanci's assassination. "Turkey abolished death penalty as part of the harmonization reforms for its European Union membership bid, therefore Erdal should be extradited," Gurel stated.Neyts said that Belgium would examine the situation in judicial terms.
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  • (Sources: Dunya, 05/09/2002)