Mr. Cavusoglu said Turkey had also requested the extradition of more than 8o Gulen followers living in the United States. “Our expectation is very clear,” Mr. Cavusoglu said, adding that “we have bilateral agreements and international law is there.”Turkey has repeatedly requested that Mr. Gulen be handed over, or that he be prosecuted in the United States. Mr. Gulen has denied playing a role in the coup attempt. Turkey and the United States have also been at loggerheads over the United States relationship with Kurdish forces in Syria. The Turkish government considers the Kurds a threat, and Mr. Erdogan threatened this month to mount a new incursion into northern Syria to tackle the security threat.

Source: New York Times December 16, 2018 21:55 UTC