Turkish citizen Ugur Toksoy, suspected of being affiliated with the U.S.-based cleric Fetullah Gulen, whom Ankara accuses of masterminding failed coup attempt in 2016, is seen during a trail in court in Pristina, Kosovo December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Hazir Reka
PRISTINA (Reuters) - A Kosovo prosecutor withdrew his bid on Thursday to extradite a Turkish citizen accused by Turkey of being part of a group linked to a failed coup there in 2016, saying Ankara had not provided enough evidence to back the case.
Ugur Toksoy was arrested in October at the request of prosecutors in the Turkish region of Hatay, on charges of working for an NGO in Kosovo linked to U.S.-based cleric Fetullah Gulen, whom Ankara accuses of masterminding a failed coup attempt in 2016. The Hatay prosecutors said Toksoy had participated in the attempted coup.
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