The United States confirmed on Tuesday it has received a formal extradition request from Ankara for the Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, but not over the July coup attempt the Turkish authorities has accused Gulen of orchestrating, The Guardian reported.
The State Department’s announcement came after U.S. officials met their Turkish counterparts in Ankara to discuss Gulen, who has lived in rural Pennsylvania for the past 17 years in self-imposed exile.
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