DUESSELDORF, Germany, Oct 12 (AFP) - German authorities expelled a leading Islamic extremist known as the Caliph of Cologne to Turkey Tuesday, ending a year-long legal battle over his case.
The interior ministry of the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia said that a jet carrying Metin Kaplan had left the international airport in the city of Duesseldorf at 1636 GMT bound for Turkey.