Speaking at a news conference in Washington, Mr Gulen’s lawyers said they expected him to remain at the Pennsylvania compound where he lives in self-imposed exile, and not attempt to flee.
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The warrant for Gulen’s arrest is seen as a preliminary step by Turkey before it officially requests his extradition. But Washington has said Ankara must provide clear evidence of Gulen’s involvement in the failed military coup before any extradition process can move forward.
The Turkish government has become frustrated with the reluctance of the United States to given with their demands to return Fethullah Gulen for a trial. The crisis in Turkey has erupted at a time when the Ankara-Washington relationship is as important as ever, with the USA needing Turkish help in the battle against Islamic State militants in Syria.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Fethullah Gulen of orchestrating the failed coup attempt in the country on July 15 – a charge the cleric denies.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday accused Kern of making a series of comments on Turkey that were “each uglier than the other”, and of making disparaging comments against Turks living in Austria, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. He has also ordered a state of emergency and said U.S.
A severe crackdown followed the attempted coup with people in the Turkish military, academia and judiciary rounded up. Weingarten said. “How about those 70,000 people to date who have been detained and/or fired?” “This also shows full support for the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, one of the most effective leaders in the world”.
Turkey has sent the United States new documents in recent days containing evidence that Turkish authorities say proves the cleric was behind the attempted coup.
He said: “The Turkish-American relationship is like a catholic marriage: there is no divorce”.
Turkey has so far lived up to its side of the deal with Brussels to stop illegal migration to Europe via its territory, in return for financial aid, the promise of visa-free travel to much of the bloc and accelerated talks on membership.
Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus commented on the USA demands of peremptory pieces of evidence, saying that the parliament which has been bombarded and the Special Forces Building where 50 people were killed are enough evidence. That permission, negotiated just past year, could be revoked, hindering operations against the terrorist group, Cook said.
“First of all, I want to say that from the very beginning, we said that the migration agreement between Turkey and the European Union is unacceptable from the point of view of human rights for the refugees”.
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He accused Erdogan of betting on “power and politics” to make Washington grant the extradition, but emphasized that the US makes decisions based on the rule of law.
