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Pressure mounts in Turkey to seek extradition of Somalia president's son for fatal crash

Yunus Emre Gocer died of his injuries after being hit by a car on a highway in Istanbul. [Courtesy]

The Turkish government is facing mounting pressure to seek the return of the Somali president's son, who allegedly fled Turkey after causing a fatal traffic crash in Istanbul.

Yunus Emre Gocer, a 38-year-old motorcycle courier, died of injuries in a hospital on Dec. 6, six days after he was hit by a car driven by Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on a busy highway in Istanbul.

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