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Turkish PM sees no compromise with US over Gulen extradition
 [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s prime minister said on Saturday that Ankara could not compromise with the United States over its request for the extradition of Islamic holy man Fethullah Gulen ... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world... which it blames for orchestrating last month’s attempted coup. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim made his comments to a group of Turkish journalists who quoted him as saying that US Vice President  Joe Foreign Policy Whiz KidBiden The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body... would visit Turkey on August 24. US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... would also visit Turkey sometime in October, he said. "The main element improving our relations with the US is the extradition of Gulen, where there is no room for negotiation," Yildirim was quoted as saying by CNN Turk’s general manager who was among journalists attending the briefing from Yildirim. "Whether or not the anti-Americanism in Turkey will continue is also dependant on this," Yildirim said. Turkey has been angered by what it sees as lukewarm condemnation by its Western allies of the abortive July 15-16 putsch against President Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish government, and Western criticism of a subsequent purge of military, judiciary and civil servants. More than 240 people were killed in the violent coup attempt by a rogue faction in the Turkish military using fighter jets, helicopters and tanks. Since the failed coup, almost 5,000 out of 81,000 people had been sacked and the others suspended, Yildirim said. Turkey almost immediately increased pressure for the extradition from the United States of Gulen, a former ally of Erdogan who runs an influential network of international schools outside Turkey. Yildirim on Saturday said that the United States had improved its attitude on the issue of Gulen’s extradition, but he did not elaborate on this. Maintaining Ankara’s criticism of the Moslem holy man who denies any involvement in the putsch, Yildirim said on Saturday that Gulen ran an exclusive communication channel with 50,000 using it. Earlier on Saturday Turkey took exception to remarks by a top UN human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. official for saying that Ankara should stem its "thirst for Dire Revenge" against internal critics following the coup. Turkish foreign ministry front man Tanju Bilgic, in a statement, said Zeid’s comments were unacceptable. Posted by: Fred 2016-08-14 |
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