At least 19 people Turkey requested from Sweden have already been denied extradition - Swedish Newspaper

19 people living in Sweden that Turkey wants extradited have already been tried and denied extradition, and a top court will not reexamine those cases, Sweden’s Dagens Nyheter newspaper reported. 

“We can not sit down and go through previous cases that have already been decided,” said Anders Eka, President of Sweden’s Supreme Court, according to DN.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed last week that Sweden during the NATO summit in Madrid promised to extradite 73 people to Turkey. "They will be handed over to us, they have promised and that promise is in the documentation," he said. 

Swedish government officials refused to comment if any list of names exists or has been handed over to Sweden. 

However, Turkey's pro - government newspaper Hurriyet last week published what it claimed to be a list of people Turkey classifies as terrorists and wants extradited from Sweden and Finland. 

At least 19 of the people on the list have already been tried and denied extradition, DN reported, after reviewing the requested people’s cases.

It is Sweden’s Supreme Court that examines any request for extradition and determines if there is an obstacle, and the government must abide, according to Swedish law. 

“If there are no obstacles, the government has a choice. But if we say that there are obstacles then the person must not be handed over” said Anders Eka, according to DN.

Sweden and Finland’s application to be part of NATO must be ratified in the parliaments of all current NATO members including Turkey which has already signaled rejecting the deal if promises are not kept. 

"This should be known: these signatures don't mean the issue is done... Without our parliament's approval, this does not go into effect. So there is no need to rush," President Erdogan said.