Erdoğan urges US to hand SDF commander to Turkey

2019-10-25 15:57:06


	NEWS CENTER - SDF commander Mazloum Kobani became the source of a fresh rift between Turkey and the U.S., with Ankara calling on Washington to extradite him if he enters the U.S. due to the “terrorist being sought with a red notice.”

	President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged the United States to hand a commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to Turkey, saying that he is a “terrorist sought with red notice.”

	 

	“The U.S. needs to hand this Mazloum code-named terrorist, who is sought with a red notice, to us,” Erdoğan told state broadcaster TRT on Oct. 24, as he referred to SDF commander Mazloum Kobani, whose legal name is Ferhat Abdi Şahin and whom Turkey has been seeking with a red notice.