A senior Turkish politician attending the Halifax International Security Forum says Donald Trump's election could spell trouble for relations with Canada if a U.S.-based Muslim dissident his country wants extradited seeks refuge north of the border. There's been speculation in the American media that the new administration's friendly attitude towards the Tayyip Erdogan regime could lead the U.S. to extradite Fethullah Gulen to his native Turkey before the cleric can seek asylum in Canada or another country. Turkey's minister for EU affairs Omer Celik is one of the speakers at this year's Halifax International Security Forum. (Petr David Josek/Associated Press)Aided by a translator, Celik said Flynn's assessment of Gulen was "100 per cent right." Turkish officials have implicated Gulen as the mastermind behind a failed coup that led to 270 deaths in July — an accusation the self-exiled cleric has denied.

Source: CBC News November 19, 2016 22:29 UTC