Extradition of Mehmet Recep Demir, one of the ringleaders of the Barış Boyun criminal organization, was requested.

A request was issued by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for the extradition of Mehmet Recep Demir, the ringleader of the "Peace Neck Crime Organization", who was arrested in Azerbaijan, to Türkiye.

Demir, who was determined to be one of the ringleaders of the organization within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against the new generation armed criminal organization and for whom there were 48 arrest warrants, was caught in Azerbaijan.

Demir was arrested for the crime of "illegal border crossing", which is included in the criminal code of this country.

The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office took action upon this and issued a request to the Azerbaijani judicial authorities for the extradition of Demir.