Hours after Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili’s visit to Ankara for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Georgian police detained 12 people wanted on Interpol red notices and two sought at the national level in a joint operation with Turkish authorities.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said extradition proceedings to Turkey had begun. The suspects face charges including membership of a criminal organization, attempted murder, fraud, aggravated robbery, assault, premeditated murder, child sexual abuse, theft and intentional homicide.
During their meeting, Erdoğan and Kavelashvili pledged to deepen strategic, economic and security cooperation, highlighting regional peace efforts and projects such as the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway.
