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U.S. says evaluating new Turkish documents on alleged coup leader
Source: Reuters
World | Thu Aug 4, 2016 9:27pm EDT
U.S. says evaluating new Turkish documents on alleged coup leader
The United States is evaluating new documents sent by Turkey to push for the extradition of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, the alleged mastermind of the country's recent failed coup, a State Department spokesman said on Thursday.
"The Turkish authorities (made) several deliveries of documents to us and we're in the process of going through those documents," spokesman Mark Toner told a daily news briefing.
Toner said the first batch "did not, we believe, constitute a formal extradition request."
He added: "We subsequently received more documents. We're looking through them ... and I don't think they've reached that determination yet."
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U.S. says evaluating new Turkish documents on alleged coup leader
The United States is evaluating new documents sent by Turkey to push for the extradition of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, the alleged mastermind of the country's recent failed coup, a State Department spokesman said on Thursday.
"The Turkish authorities (made) several deliveries of documents to us and we're in the process of going through those documents," spokesman Mark Toner told a daily news briefing.
Toner said the first batch "did not, we believe, constitute a formal extradition request."
He added: "We subsequently received more documents. We're looking through them ... and I don't think they've reached that determination yet."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-extradition-idUSKCN10G01B
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