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Turkish news agency Anadolu reported on Wednesday that the prosecution is demanding sentences ranging from 16 years and six months to 28 years and six months for the six.

The six Turks have been held in detention in a Turkish prison for a year since their controversial deportation.

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The report is based on the statements of officials involved in the controversial operation to deport six Turkish nationals wanted for alleged links to what Ankara claims is a 'terrorist movement' led by the exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen.

It reveals how the Kosovo authorities sent the wrong man to Turkey, despite having "full knowledge" of the mistake.

The Pristina Basic Court has jailed eight Kosovo citizens who were found guilty of planning to carry out attacks in Albania against the Israeli national football team; four imams were acquitted in a separate court case on terrorism.

Kosovo Justice Minister Abelard Tahiri on Friday signed a deal with the body representing the country's Muslim clerics, the BIK, on deradicalising prisoners charged or convicted of terrorism.

"We already have a proposal from the Islamic Community and we expect they will help in deradicalisation of those who have returned from the wars in Syria and Iraq," Tahiri said.