Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says Washington’s attitude to the extradition of Fethullah Gulen has improved since the abortive coup of July 15 in Turkey.
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Since the failed coup on August 15, a wave of anti-Americanism has risen inTurkey, on which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government take the most out of it, taking the risk of permanently compromising alliances of Ankara.
Turkish police raided the country’s biggest courthouse and two other halls of justice in Istanbul yesterday, detaining dozens of judicial staff as part of the investigation into last month’s attempted military coup. Gulen has denied the charge and condemned the coup.
The U.S. Vice President will be the highest-ranking U.S. official to Visit Turkey since the failed putsch.
Turkey nearly immediately increased pressure for the extradition from the United States of Mr Gulen, a former ally of Mr Erdogan who runs an influential network of worldwide schools outside Turkey.
Sukur, who reportedly left Turkey previous year, was a Turkey worldwide who played for Inter Milan and Galatasaray.
Ankara is seeking to secure his extradition from the U.S and has officially submitted the documents for extradition, while Turkish prosecutors have submitted letters requesting his arrest by USA authorities.
Yildirim also said the future of U.S.
Ankara regards the PYD, the main Syrian Kurdish party, as a terrorist group due to its links to the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which has fought a three-decades-old insurgency against the Turkish state.
Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to visit Turkey in October, according to Mr. Yildirim. Turkish officials counter they are confronting an major internal threat.
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In all, more than 35,000 people have been detained in the investigation, including 17,000 who have been placed formally under arrest.
