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Report: Turkey formally requests US arrest of cleric Gulen over coup plot

By REUTERS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016 11:01

Updated: SEPTEMBER 13, 2016 11:00

ISTANBUL - Turkey has made a formal request to the United States for the arrest of US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen on charges of orchestrating an attempted military coup on July 15, Turkish broadcaster NTV said on Tuesday.

Turkey blames members of Gulen's religious movement for the failed coup two months ago, in which rogue soldiers commandeered tanks and fighters jets, bombing parliament and seizing bridges in a bid to take over power.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the issue with US President Barack Obama at the G20 summit in China earlier this month. A senior US administration official said at the time that Obama had explained to Erdogan that the decision would be a legal, not a political one.

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