A Turkish court has refused to allow Uygur Abudukadir Yapuquan, originally from the Xinjiang region of China, to be extradited to China to face terrorism charges.
Risk of China-Turkey tension as Beijing protests against refusal to extradite Xinjiang accused
- Chinese authorities accuse Abudukadir Yapuquan of planning and carrying out terrorist acts
- A court in Turkey cited a lack of credible evidence and freed the Uygur activist, raising the ire of China
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A Turkish court has refused to allow Uygur Abudukadir Yapuquan, originally from the Xinjiang region of China, to be extradited to China to face terrorism charges.