A delegation with the US Department of Justice has arrived in Ankara to hold talks over Turkey's request for extradition of a Muslim leader accused of masterminding a coup attempt last month, according to two senior Turkish officials.
The development marks the first concrete and public sign of progress in Turkey's efforts to get self-exiled Fethullah Gulen, the Pennsylvania-based Turkish-born religious leader and businessman, returned to the country.
Turkey says that Gulen's supporters within the army carried out the failed coup of July 15, claiming that they have been running "a parallel state" within the civilian and military bureaucracy, and following their own agenda. Gulen denies the claims.
Both officials told Al Jazeera that the US delegation would hold technical meetings with their counterparts in the Turkish Ministry of Justice and discuss the evidence presented to the US on Gulen's involvement in the attempted coup and other illegal activities.
The delegation arrived in Ankara on August 22 and meetings are scheduled for August 23 and 24.
Turkey formally asked for the arrest of Gulen in the US last week.
Gulen has had court cases pending against him for several years and Turkey has been demanding his extradition well before the failed coup...
[aljazeera.com]
23/8/16
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The development marks the first concrete and public sign of progress in Turkey's efforts to get self-exiled Fethullah Gulen, the Pennsylvania-based Turkish-born religious leader and businessman, returned to the country.
Turkey says that Gulen's supporters within the army carried out the failed coup of July 15, claiming that they have been running "a parallel state" within the civilian and military bureaucracy, and following their own agenda. Gulen denies the claims.
Both officials told Al Jazeera that the US delegation would hold technical meetings with their counterparts in the Turkish Ministry of Justice and discuss the evidence presented to the US on Gulen's involvement in the attempted coup and other illegal activities.
The delegation arrived in Ankara on August 22 and meetings are scheduled for August 23 and 24.
Turkey formally asked for the arrest of Gulen in the US last week.
Gulen has had court cases pending against him for several years and Turkey has been demanding his extradition well before the failed coup...
[aljazeera.com]
23/8/16
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