{"id":779,"date":"2018-02-28T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T05:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=779"},"modified":"2019-07-11T16:36:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:36:39","slug":"saleh-muslim-turkey-outraged-after-czech-court-frees-syrian-kurdish-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/saleh-muslim-turkey-outraged-after-czech-court-frees-syrian-kurdish-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Saleh Muslim: Turkey Outraged After Czech Court Frees Syrian Kurdish Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"story-body\">\n<div class=\"story-body__inner\">\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A prominent Syrian-Kurdish leader who was detained in the Czech Republic has been freed, prompting anger from Turkey, which issued the warrant for his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Saleh Muslim, a former co-chair of the main Syrian-Kurdish movement, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), was arrested in Prague on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>He was freed by a Czech court on Thursday despite a request from Turkey for his extradition.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey claims Mr Muslim is a terrorist.<\/p>\n<p>The country has offered a reward for his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>He has been indicted over\u00a0a February 2016 bombing in Ankara, Turkey that targeted a convoy of buses\u00a0at the city&#8217;s military headquarters during the evening rush hour, killing 37 people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a decision that is a very clear support for terror. The decision will negatively impact relations between Turkey and the Czech Republic,&#8221; Turkey&#8217;s Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said of the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Minister Cavusoglu described the release as &#8220;scandalous&#8221;, insisting Turkey would pursue Mr Muslim &#8220;even if he goes to another country&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman for the Czech court told AFP news agency that Mr Muslim had &#8220;promised the court that he would not leave the territory of the European Union and would report to the court at its request&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Muslim denies the allegations against him and says he does not take the arrest warrant seriously.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish government regards the PYD as an offshoot of the armed PKK group. It sees the PYD and its associated militia, the YPG, as terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey is currently carrying out a major military campaign against Syrian Kurdish fighters in the Afrin region of northern Syria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"topic-tags\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prominent Syrian-Kurdish leader who was detained in the Czech Republic has been freed, prompting anger from Turkey, which issued the warrant for his arrest. Saleh Muslim, a former co-chair of the main Syrian-Kurdish movement, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), was arrested in Prague on Sunday. 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