Turkey asks Germany to arrest Salih Muslim

<p style="text-align: left;">Turkey has officially demanded the temporary arrest and extradition of Salih Muslim, the former Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) co-chair, from Germany, Anadolu Agency reported on March 5.

Muslim was &ldquo;temporarily detained&rdquo; in the Czech Republic capital Prague upon Turkey&rsquo;s request on Feb. 25.

A Czech court on Feb. 27 ruled to release Muslim, prompting a strong reaction from Turkey, which requested the country to extradite him.

Muslim was seen in Germany after he was released by the Czech court, Hurriyet daily reported.

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is set to visit Germany on March 6 and meet his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel on March 7.

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