The Dutch Minister of Justice Piet Hein Donner initially wanted to allow the extradition but Kesbir challenged the decision in the courts.
[1] The Human Rights Watch, in an open letter to Piet Hein Donner, demanded that the Netherlands withhold from an extradition to Turkey, due to concerns she might be tortured.
[1] On 20 January 2005, a court in the Netherlands decided not to allow extradition due to concerns she would be tortured in Turkish detention and Kesbir was released the same day.
[3] In September 2005 the Turkish Government asked the United States to include Nuriye Kesbir in their joint efforts to contain the PKK activity in Western Europe.
[7] In August 2015, an arrest warrant was issued over Interpol against her and 48 alleged members of the PKK accusing them with attempting to establish a Kurdistan in parts of Turkey and disrupting the unity of the (Turkish) state.