Gulen has lived in self-imposed exile in the United States since 1999 and has denied any involvement in the July 15 putsch bid. “You have to be blind and death not to understand that he is behind all of this,” Erdogan said. Turkish authorities sent a new package of documents to the American authorities for Gulen’s extradition, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said. “In terms of fighting against terrorism, we have no time to lose, six months or one year, that’s simply intolerable,” Erdogan said. Turkey’s Erdogan presses US to extradite preacherMEXICO CITY: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pressed the United States in a television interview broadcast Tuesday to extradite preacher Fethullah Gulen, saying waiting to get the alleged coup plotter was “intolerable.”Erdogan complained in the interview with Televisa that US authorities were asking for documents for the extradition of Pennsylvania-based Gulen, whom he accuses him of being behind last month’s failed military putsch.

Source: Manila Times August 03, 2016 03:22 UTC