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U.S. to look into request for Gulen extradition

EPA / FGULEN.COM

The United States Department of State and Department of Justice will look into Turkey’s request to extradite Fethullah Gulen (pictured), White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Tuesday. U.S. officials will analyze the filed documents and determine if they constitute a formal extradition request.

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday an extradition request for Gulen, whom the president suspects to be behind the attempted coup d’état last week, would be filed to the U.S. and the country’s prime minister Binali Yildirim confirmed earlier today that the request was officially submitted.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the extradition will occur only if Turkey submits evidence of Gulen’s involvement in Friday’s attempt to overthrow Erdogan.

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