Turkey's EU minister says neither Europe nor USA extradite PKK members to Turkey in last decade

ANKARA (A.A) - 11.05.2011 - Turkey's state minister for the European Union (EU) and chief negotiator said on Wednesday that neither Europe nor the United States extradited PKK members to Turkey in the last decade.
Egemen Bagis said European and the United States had not extradited a single PKK member to Turkey in the last decade.
"Countries can extradite any person immediately if s/he is a murderer, rapist or a thief, however when that person is a PKK member, our files are always considered incomplete and translation is considered wrong and they do not extradite that person," Bagis told a televised interview.
Bagis said Turkish citizens would make the final decision on whether or not to become a European Union (EU) member when the time came.
The minister said 56 percent of Turkish people supported EU membership, however 66 percent thought that the union would not admit Turkey as a member.
Bagis said participants of the Friendship and Peace Rally went to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), and defined it a "historic success."
The EU minister said those joining the rally were uneasy about incidents in Syria and therefore Turkey convinced them to go on their route via TRNC.
"Almost 700 people arrived in TRNC by four ferryboat yesterday," he said.
Bagis said entrance of 700 citizens of 12 European countries by carrying banners giving friendship and brotherhood messages, did what their own countries and states had not done and made them break isolation of TRNC.
The "2011 Friendship and Peace Rally", which is travelling from Germany from Jordan to give a message of peace, arrived in the TRNC on Tuesday.  
Nearly 400 vehicles and 600 people arrived at Girne port within the scope of the rally. 
"2011 Friendship and Peace Rally" is a civil society initiative, supported by the Turkish Secretariat-General for European Union Affairs within the framework of May 9 Europe Day activities.
The rally's longest route in Europe was Turkey.
The convoy, which was sent off from the Turkish capital of Ankara with a ceremony last Friday, visited Kirikkale, Kirsehir, Nevsehir, Kayseri, Kahramanmaras, Adiyaman, Urfa, Mardin, Gaziantep, Hatay, Adana and Mersin during its journey across Turkey and arrived in TRNC on Tuesday.
Participants of the rally will donate their cars to United Nations after completing the whole trip.