Speaking today in an interview on his country’s requests for the US to extradite cleric Fethullah Gulen, Prime Minister Binali Yildrim claimed he was “heartbroken” by the US reaction to the request, saying he didn’t understand why the US didn’t immediately send Gulen on request.
Yildrim insisted that the evidence was “crystal clear” that Gulen was behind the coup, and said the longstanding US-Turkey alliance should trump “procedural matters” like having actual extradition hearings within the US about whether or not to send Gulen to Turkey.
Turkey reportedly filed some “evidence” along with their request to the US, though US officials have since insisted they want conclusive evidence of Gulen’s guilt before they are willing to extradite him. Turkish officials don’t appear to have been forthcoming, instead just warning bilateral relations are at risk.
Even during the coup, President Erdogan was claiming that it was being run from Pennsylvania, where Gulen is presently living. Gulen has denied any involvement in the coup, and issued his own statement repudiating the effort. Despite that, the post-coup purge has swept up tens of thousands of people accused of being supporters of Gulen.
Someone not obeying Erdogan’s demands? Mind-boggling!
Turkey should launch a US-made Predator drone and take out Gulen with a US-made Hellfire missile, and strike him whenever and wherever they decide is appropriate. If a few innocent American civilians happen to be killed, it’s probably okay since at least the males will all be potential militants and the women and children…. well, they’re just collateral damage, right? We do it every day in other countries, so why should Turkey be obliged to act any differently?
Guelen has Money. In US there is money always higher placed then potential militants or collateral damages. This is what we can see from EU. Dunno what chinese coreans aso. can see.