PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo’s prime minister on Friday fired both his interior minister and the country’s intelligence chief for secretly deporting five Turkish teachers and a Turkish doctor without his permission. The six men were arrested, lost their Kosovo residence permits and deported on Thursday, and were arrested upon arriving in Ankara. “Our National Intelligence Organization brought six senior FETO representatives in the Balkans back to Turkey in co-operation with Kosovo intelligence,” he said. The deportations were criticized by rights groups, the U.S. ambassador and students in Kosovo. Leutrim Syla, a lawyer for one of the deported Turks, said they have no information on the men since they were arrested in Ankara.

Source: National Post March 30, 2018 09:02 UTC