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Turkey says gives US new documents on Gulen extradition request

By REUTERS

OCTOBER 27, 2016 22:28

WASHINGTON - Turkey has handed over to the US Justice Department further documents to back its request for the extradition of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara accuses of orchestrating a failed July 15 coup attempt, Turkey's justice minister said on Thursday.

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said that in a meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch in Washington on Wednesday he gave US authorities three new folders of evidence they had sought over Turkey's accusations against Gulen.

Bozdag described his meeting with Lynch as "fruitful," saying it helped the two sides better understand each other's positions. But he told reporters Lynch expressed neither support nor opposition for Turkey's request that the United States extradite Gulen.

The Turkish cleric, who has lived in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since 1999, has denied involvement in the coup attempt.

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