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Prosecutor's Office: No Bulgarian Citizens To Be Extradited to Turkey
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There is no legal option for the extradition of Bulgarian citizens in Turkey due to the indictment act served to them on charges of manslaughter, stated Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office.
Bulgaria’s prosecutors made it clear that the border policemen which turned out to have been indicted in Turkey because of an incident nine years ago will not be handed over for trial in Turkey.
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