Turkey expects Czech authorities to compensate for the "mistake" of releasing PKK/PYD co-leader Salih Muslum, Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül said on Tuesday.
A Czech court ruled that Muslum, who was detained in Prague over the weekend at the request of Turkey, be released despite Turkey's call for his detention pending an extradition request. Ankara accuses him of disrupting the state and aggravated murder.
Gül said the court's decision was due to political reasons, adding Turkey would "never accept this decision". He said Turkey would pursue its legal rights on the issue.
Earlier on Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım called on the Czech Republic to extradite Salih Muslum, former co-leader of the terrorist group PYD/PKK.
"Today is exam day for our NATO ally the Czech Republic," Yıldırım told his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party parliamentary group meeting.
Muslum is accused of disrupting the unity and territorial integrity of the state, homicide, attempted homicide, damaging public property and transferring a hazardous substance.
The PYD/PKK is a Syrian offshoot of the PKK which has been designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU.
