A senior operative of the terrorist organization PKK, wanted by Turkey was released on probation by a Venice court on Saturday.
Nizamettin Toguc (58), head of a federation of Kurdish associations in Europe who was arrested on July 18 in Venice by the Italian secret police, was released by the court until judges reach a verdict on Turkey's demand for extradition.
Toguc who holds a Dutch citizenship, was being held in a prison in Padova since his arrest, when the court accepted the prosecutor's and his lawyer's appeal for release on probation.
He will be forced stay within jurisdiction in a small town outside Padova and will report to the local police within set intervals until the court reaches a verdict.
(OZG-EÖ)