Missing 'Cologne caliph' turns up

Metin Kaplan had not left Cologne

A Turkish suspected extremist whose disappearance sparked a Europe-wide manhunt has reported to police in the city where he vanished.

Metin Kaplin, known as the Caliph of Cologne, vanished last week when police went to arrest him on an order allowing his extradition to Turkey.

The search was later called off when an appeal against the order was lodged.

But by that time the German police had been severely criticised for allowing him to slip through their fingers.

On Monday, Mr Kaplan reported to police in Cologne in line with earlier restrictions placed on his movements.

"He reported to the police station responsible for him...at around 1 a.m.," a police spokesman said.

Turkey wants to try Mr Kaplan on charges including treason, alleging he plotted to crash a plane into the mausoleum of Kemal Ataturk, who founded the modern Turkish state.

Mr Kaplan heads a group called the Caliphate State, which wants to overthrow Turkey's secular government.

He has served a four-year jail term in Germany for calling for the murder of a rival Islamic leader.

When he vanished last week, he left a note pinned to the door of his Cologne flat asking police not to break it down, and saying they could find the keys with his neighbours.