Turkish Justice Ministry said in a statement on Monday it sent a letter of extradition request to the Foreign Ministry for the arrest of YPG/PKK leader Ferhat Abdi Sahin a.k.a. Mazlum Kobani.

The extradition requisition includes a request for provisional arrest, the Turkish Justice Ministry said in a statement Monday.

Ferhat Abdi Şahin is the leader of SDF, which is dominated by the YPG, an armed group that operates as the Syrian offshoot of the PKK.

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