Family of Mehmet Çakas: Possible extradition decision would be political rather than legal

Family of Mehmet Çakas: Possible extradition decision would be political rather than legal

Kurdish activist Mehmet Çakas, who comes from Bingöl, was detained in Italy in December 2022 at the request of German authorities and extradited to Germany in March 2023. In April 2024, the Higher Regional Court of Celle sentenced Çakas to two years and ten months in prison on charges of “membership in the PKK.” Çakas is currently being held at the Uelzen Prison in Lower Saxony, with his release date scheduled for October 4, 2025. The political …