“We will present them with more evidence than they want”, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told parliament, according to AFP.
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“In his case, it would be to roust out the opposition forces, elements to his regime so he can arrest them, put them in prison, try them, or maybe just kill them“, Lendman said. “There’s a well-defined process in place that govern these types of actions”. Erdogan says the USA asked for evidence of his involvement before they would consider extradition, evidence he now claims to have supplied.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the materials would be reviewed by the Departments of State and Justice.
Turkey’s government accuses US -based cleric Fethullah Gulen, pictured in 2014, of inciting the failed coup, which has set off a round of dismissals and detainments.
Days after a failed coup, Turkey has asked the U.S.to extradite a cleric it accuses of inciting the takeover attempt.
“I condemn and reject in the strongest terms the attempted coup”, Gulen, 77, said in an interview Monday with USA TODAY and several other reporters.
“I urge the US government to reject any effort to abuse the extradition process to carry out political vendettas”, he said in a statement.
“We will remain within a democratic parliamentary system, we will never step away from it”, he said.
The sports ministry has dismissed 245 employees, state media said. Turkey has been the victim of recent terrorist attacks carried out by the Islamic State and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, and the terror threat added to the coup’s aftermath has kept the country on edge, as the potential for violence remains.
The agency said the Supreme Board of Radio and Television voted unanimously to revoke permissions for “any radio or television outlet connected with or supportive of” the group linked to Gulen.
The purges against suspected Gulen supporters follow earlier aggressive moves by Erdogan’s administration against Gulen loyalists in the government, police and judiciary following corruption probes targeting Erdogan associates and family members in late 2013 – prosecutions the government says were orchestrated by Gulen.
The European University Association has “strongly and unconditionally” condemned the forced resignation of hundreds of deans from higher education institutions in Turkey in the wake of the failed coup attempt in the country.
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US President Barack Obama spoke with Erdogan on Tuesday about the coup and the status of Gulen, who lives in Pennsylvania.
