Soltes: Arrest of Turkish men in Kosovo secretive and non-transparent

Igor Soltes, European Parliament’s Rapporteur for Kosovo, says he was surprised by the hurried action of Kosovo enforcement agents who two weeks ago arrested and deported six Turkish nationals suspected of their alleged links with Fetullah Gulen’s movement. He considers the entire process as worrying and hopes the arrest of Turkish men will not affect Kosovo’s EU integration process.

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