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Thursday, July 28, 2016
Turkey urges Germany to extradite Gulen suspects
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTurkey is calling on Germany to extradite suspects linked to US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, accused by Ankara of masterminding this month’s failed military coup.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu tells CNN-Turk that Berlin should extradite “parallel state judges and prosecutors” who are in the country. He does not give further details on the identity or position of any coup suspects who may be in Germany.
Ankara has accused Gulen of running a parallel state in Turkey by infiltrating Turkish state institutions to the highest level. Gulen denies this and has strongly denied any involvement in the July 15 coup.
Cavusoglu also tells CNN-Turk that relations “would be affected” if the United States did not extradite the reclusive Pennsylvania-based cleric Gulen.
— AFP
The Times of Israel Community.