“If there are any among them linked with terrorism. we will respond to Turkey s demand”, he said.
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“Dramatically, we have experienced such mechanisms elsewhere before, such as with the Reichstag fire, in the wake of which total power was seized”, Strache said.
On August 24-25, US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Turkey.
Robert Amsterdam, an global lawyer hired by the Turkish government to investigate Gulen’s activities outside Turkey, said he was not involved in the extradition case but took issue with Weingarten’s statement that Gulen could not be extradited.
In the warrant, Gulen stands accused of “ordering the July 15 coup”; the order for Mr. Gulen’s arrest is a step toward a formal extradition request to the United States.
The leaders of Germany’s liberal Free Democrats and Austria’s far-right Freedom parties have both drawn parallels between the Turkish president’s post-coup crackdown and the abuse of power which allowed Adolf Hitler to exert Nazi rule.
But he added: “There still remain serious differences between the two countries”.
“We do not support anyone working against Turkey. The question is whether the current tactical de-escalation can translate into a deeper strategic partnership”, Kortunov said.
Turkey s ruling party on Friday ordered a purge from its ranks of supporters of US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, accused of plotting last month s failed coup.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned countries that the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) poses a serious threat to all nations in which it has established itself, not only Turkey.
“The Turkish-American relationship is like a catholic marriage: there is no divorce”.
In return, the European Union wants Turkey to control its borders and prevent illegal migration via the Balkan route to Europe, which enabled more than a million refugees and migrants to travel to the European Union in 2015.
Mr Ulgen said: “For Erdogan, this meeting with Putin is certainly an opportunity to signal to Turkey’s partners in the West that it could have other strategic options”.
Russia and Turkey are coming out of a tense period in bilateral ties following the downing of a Russian jet by Turkish military aircraft in November past year.
Tensions between Russia and Turkey have proved detrimental for Turkish tourism, with the country reporting a drop in Russian visitors by 87 per cent in the first six months of this year.
Ushakov also noted that the high-level meetings between the two countries are being resumed under various frameworks on issues in politics, trade and economy, as well as foreign relations.
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Anadolu news agency estimates that millions could attend the event.
