Police and judicial authorities said Tuesday that 46-year-old Mustafa Sarikaya had been ordered back to Cyprus. Under European Union asylum rules, the request must be handled by Cyprus, where Sarikaya entered the EU first.
Sarikaya was a senior member of Turkey's Democratic Society Party, which was outlawed in 2009 over alleged ties to Kurdish rebels.
He was arrested on January 24 while traveling on a fake Bulgarian passport. A court in this northern Greek city allowed him to file an asylum claim as a fugitive from potential persecution.
Turkey has no diplomatic relations with Cyprus, and only recognizes a Turkish-Cypriot breakaway state in the north of the island.
source: AP
