http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBBX4D7C3E.htmlDETROIT (AP) - An immigration judge Wednesday ordered the deportation of a Turkish immigrant who the government accuses of terrorism, a court spokesman said.
Judge Elizabeth Hacker ruled all charges against Ibrahim Parlak had been proven and ordered him removed.
Parlak, a Kurd, once had ties to the Turkish militant group PKK, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, now known as KONGRA-GEL. The group is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union.
He was stripped of his Turkish citizenship after he was convicted in 1988 of being involved in a firefight on the Syrian-Turkish border in which two Turkish soldiers were killed. He has maintained his innocence.
Parlak was given political asylum in the United States in 1992 and owns a Middle Eastern restaurant in southwestern Michigan. He has been jailed since his July 29 arrest.
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