The US will be sending a team to Turkey in the coming days to examine allegations by the Turkish government of criminal activity by Fetullah Gulen, Bloomberg news reported on Friday evening, citing a Obama administration official.
Specifically, Bloomberg was told that the Justice Department will be dispatching the team.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has demanded the United States extradite Gulen, a Turkish-born cleric who lives in Pennsylvania, accusing him of being behind a coup attempt last month. Gulen has denied the accusation.
On Thursday, Erdogan had said that he personally requested from Obama to have Gulen extradited to Turkey.
Source: Reuters
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