ISTANBUL

Türkiye has brought back 17 criminals, including 12 wanted on Interpol red notices and five who were sought at the national level, the country's interior minister said on Saturday.

"We brought to our country" the criminals from Germany, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Georgia, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Greece, Ali Yerlikaya said on Turkish social media platform NSosyal.

"Regardless of which notice they are wanted under, we will capture members of organized crime groups and drug traffickers and bring them back to our country," he added.