Today he sits as a deputy in the municipal council, but in the 70s and 80s he was a member of the PKK, Kurdistan's Labor Party.

The PKK is classified as terrorist by Sweden, the EU, NATO and Turkey, among others.

- They (Turkey, editor's note) call me an active PKK terrorist, I am not, says Cemil Aygan.

Employed by intelligence organization

He left the PKK in 1985, which is a year after the party entered a civil war against the Turkish state.

According to Aygan, he has not been active since.

Instead, he was hired by the secret and illegal Turkish intelligence agency Jitem.

Jitem is accused of being responsible for thousands of murders of regime critics.

But this is something that Cemil Aygan, according to him, was not aware of when he was recruited, and when he finally wanted to leave, it turned out that it was not so easy.

- The PKK threatened to kill me and my family, so I joined Jitem, which I thought was a good organization, he says.

Third time Turkey requests Aygan

Turkey has previously requested that Sweden extradite Cemil Aygan twice, but then the Supreme Court has ruled that Aygan risks persecution and that he should therefore not be extradited.

Are you worried that the risk is greater that you will be extradited this time, given Sweden's agreement with Turkey that came this week?

- No, not very worried because I have the decision from the Supreme Court.

Should Sweden hand me over, my life will be over, says Cemil Aygan.

Independent courts

Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde (S) does not want to comment on the statement by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan but refers to Migration and Justice Minister Morgan Johansson (S).

In a statement to TT, he writes that Swedish citizens will not be extradited.

He points out that in Sweden Swedish law applies which is applied by independent courts.

"Non-Swedish citizens can be extradited at the request of other countries, but only if it is compatible with Swedish law and the European Convention."

CLIP: This is PKK and YPG

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Is it right to equate the Kurdish guerrilla groups PKK and YPG?

Svante Cornell from the think tank ISDP reasoned in the clip.

Photo: SVT