The hunt for fugitive Turkish officers and officials overseas expands the crackdown at home, where tens of thousands of troops, police and bureaucrats have been detained, dismissed or investigated for alleged links to the coup, which authorities blame on USA -based cleric Fethullah Gulen.
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The purge is worrying Western allies concerned about stability in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member and partner in the fight against Islamic State.
Turkey has been incensed by what it sees as Western concern over a post-coup crackdown but indifference to the bloody putsch itself, in which rogue soldiers bombed parliament and seized bridges with tanks and helicopters.
On Thursday, Turkish officials representing the army, intelligence agencies and the foreign ministry were in Russian Federation for talks on Syria, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. -Turkish relations. “If the United States does not deliver [Gulen], they will sacrifice relations with Turkey for the sake of a terrorist”, Bozdag said.
Two Turkish generals serving in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation force in Afghanistan were also detained in Dubai last month on suspicion of links to the failed coup.
“We have started to receive some positive signals on the calls we have made” for Gulen’s extradition, Cavusoglu said, adding that additional evidence was being drawn up to add to the dossier already send to Washington.
Gulen himself has repeatedly denied any involvement.
Pressed by reporters to confirm the USA reaction, Trudeau said, “We’ve been very clear that if Russian Federation is interested in fighting against (the IS group)”, then “we would welcome that”.
The secretary of the U.S. Air Force told reporters Wednesday that she would “of course defer to the government of Turkey as to who needs to be arrested” after a coup attempt followed by mass roundups of the Islamist government’s perceived political enemies.
Turkey accuses Fethullah Gulen, a cleric exiled in the US, of orchestrating the failed putsch and wants him extradited, which Washington has refused to do without evidence.
In a survey of 1,275 people conducted between July 28 and August 1, Erdogan’s approval rating was 67.6 percent, a rise of 21 points over the previous poll in late June, Ankara-based Metropoll research company said.
“Everything is out in the open”.
The three-person Turkish delegation in Moscow, made up of representatives from the military, intelligence and foreign service, is tasked with implementing decisions made at Tuesday’s summit including coordination on Syria, Cavusoglu said.
“Our main expectation from the United States is Gulen’s return”, Cavusoglu said.
Erdogan says the armed forces have been infiltrated in recent years by Gulen’s supporters.
The foreign ministers of Turkey and Iran agreed Friday to boost trade relations and pledged greater cooperation on resolving the Syria crisis despite their divergences on the issue.
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“Turkey’s military attache in Bosnia was not called to Ankara, he is doing his business as usual”, the press officer said.
